30 People, Places & Things That Had Important Name Changes
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The Hawaiian Islands were called “The Sandwich Islands” by explorer James Cook, after the Earl of Sandwich.
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Ralph Lauren’s original name was Ralph Lifshitz. He changed it because he didn’t like the fact that his name had the word “shit” in it.
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Bank of America was actually called “Bank of Italy” in the beginning. It was created by A.P. Giannini in the North Beach district of San Francisco and was meant for the Italian working class, but it expanded so he changed the name.
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Pepsi was called “Brad’s Drink” when Caleb Bradham started selling it in his store. It was renamed after the word “dyspepsia,” (which means indigestion) because Bradham claimed it was healthy.
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Pinecones were originally called “pine apples.” When explorers discovered pineapples in the Americas they called them “pineapples” because they looked like pine cones… “apple” was a word that was simply used to describe several fruits at the time.
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Eggo Waffles were originally called “Froffles,” which was a combination of “frozen” and “waffles.” The customers started calling them “Eggos” because of their egg flavor and the rest is history.
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Yahoo was “Jerry’s Guide to the World Wide Web.” IT was really just a bunch of sites this guy named Jerry thought everyone should see.
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Aprons were first called “naprons.” It was changed to “apron” in the 17th century after people constantly misheard it.
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Spongebob Squarepants started out at “Spongeboy,” but it was already copyrighted by a mop company.
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