berry I work for Samsung mobile. I often have casual talking with my subordinates after lunch together at cafeteria. One of my subordinates said "Apple is just a fruit. When native English speakers

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berry I work for Samsung mobile. I often have casual talking with my subordinates after lunch together at cafeteria. One of my subordinates said "Apple is just a fruit. When native English speakers call the company Apple, would they feel strange" No way! I exclaimed. "They are already familiar with using a fruit name for a company name. There is Blackberry as well" Then another person asked "I think blueberry is a fruit, can there really be a black berry?" I said. "If there is a blueberry, there should be blackberry" So one of my subordinates looked up the word blackberry with his smartphone dictionary. and said "There is blackberry too" I asked "Isn't our company name Samsung strange to fruit lovers? Why don't we change our company name into Pear, or Watermelon, or if not at least Onion or Garlic?" No one responded to my silly recommendations. Maybe they didn't deserve responses.

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berry

I work for Samsung mobile Mobile.
I often have casual talking often converse with my subordinates after having lunch together at cafeteria.

One of my subordinates said:
"Apple is just a fruit. When native English speakers call the company Apple, would they feel strange?"

"No way!" I exclaimed.
"They are already familiar with using a fruit name for a company name. There is Blackberry as well."

Then another person asked:
"I think blueberry is a fruit, but can there really be a black berry?"

I said.:
"If there is a are blueberry blueberries, there should be blackberry blackberries."

So one of my subordinates looked up the word blackberry with his smartphone dictionary.
and said "There is are blackberry blackberries. too"

I asked:
"Isn't our company name Samsung strange to fruit lovers? Why don't we change our company name into Pear, or Watermelon, or if not at least Onion or Garlic?"

No one responded to my silly recommendations.
Maybe they didn't deserve responses.

Edited:

I work for Samsung Mobile.
I often converse with my subordinates after having lunch together at cafeteria.

One of my subordinates said:
"Apple is just a fruit. When native English speakers call the company Apple, would they feel strange?"

"No way!" I exclaimed.
"They are already familiar with using a fruit name for a company name. There is Blackberry as well."

Then another person asked:
"I think blueberry is a fruit, but can there really be a black berry?"

I said:
"If there are blueberries, there should be blackberries."

So one of my subordinates looked up the word blackberry with his smartphone dictionary and said "There are blackberries."

I asked:
"Isn't our company name Samsung strange to fruit lovers? Why don't we change our company name into Pear, or Watermelon, or if not at least Onion or Garlic?"

No one responded to my silly recommendations.
Maybe they didn't deserve responses.

I'm not a native English speaker so maybe my view doesn't count. I like the name "Samsung" even though I don't understand if the words have any other meaning, probably because I like the product itself (smartphones). It's just a random name to me. Take for instance the car "Land Rover". If I think in English I will of course pronounce it as it is: Land Rover, both words having a distinct meaning I suppose. But if I use my own mother tongue, I will pronounce it the way I once learned it before I knew any English; "Lun Drawer" with a particularly long emphasis on the "aw" sound. Then it's just a name, without any meaning. Take the company "Ericsson" for instance, it means son of Eric, but I never think about it. Take the company "IKEA" which stands for "Ingvar Kamprad, Elmtaryd, Agunnaryd" with the two latter being name of places, the first probably having to do with Elm-trees and cleared glades, the latter might to do with some ancient meaning clearing next to the recalcitrant lake, or something along those lines. But do you care, and think about the meaning of that ancient refractory lake? Of course not!

berry

I work for Samsung Mobile.
I often have casual conversations with my subordinates after our lunch together at the cafeteria.

One of my subordinates said, "Apple is just a fruit. When native English speakers call the company 'Apple', wouldn't they feel strange when they say that".

"Not at all!" I exclaimed, "They are already familiar with a brand that has a name of a fruit for its company's name. It is blackberry".
Then another person asked, "I think blueberry is a fruit. Is there really (such a berry called) a black berry?"

I replied, "If there is a blueberry, there should be a blackberry"

So, one of my subordinates looked up the word "blackberry" in the dictionary in his smartphone and soon said, "There is really a fruit called blackberry"

I asked, "Isn't our company name Samsung strange to fruit lovers? If so, shouldn't we change our company name to Pear or Watermelon or, if not, at least to Onion or Garlic?"

No one responded to my silly suggestions.
Maybe they didn't deserve a response.

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