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Title: Brand Maasai: Why nomads might trademark their name
Post by: gostwyck on May 28, 2013, 06:30

Interesting article on the BBC's News Magazine;

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-22617001 (http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-22617001)

Title: Re: Brand Maasai: Why nomads might trademark their name
Post by: ShadySue on May 28, 2013, 06:33

Quote from: gostwyck on May 28, 2013, 06:30

Interesting article on the BBC's News Magazine;

[url]http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-22617001[/url] ([url]http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-22617001[/url])

Interesting indeed.

Title: Re: Brand Maasai: Why nomads might trademark their name
Post by: OM on May 28, 2013, 07:30

Strange that Land Rover spell 'Maasai as 'Masai'.

Yep they should trademark the name....make some money.

Title: Re: Brand Maasai: Why nomads might trademark their name
Post by: ShadySue on May 28, 2013, 07:40

Quote from: OM on May 28, 2013, 07:30

Strange that Land Rover spell 'Maasai as 'Masai'.

The two spellings are commonly used for either the tribe or the reserve. There's no rule; like carefully remembering to say Keh-nya but being welcomed to Key-nya (interesting story about the pronunciation; apparently it should really be Key-nya from its derivation, but some people wanted to change it to be different to the way the colonialists pronounced it.)

Title: Re: Brand Maasai: Why nomads might trademark their name
Post by: OM on May 29, 2013, 18:58

Thanks Sue. I see that the reference on Wiki also gives both spellings whilst their language 'Maa' is only given with 'aa'.

Title: Re: Brand Maasai: Why nomads might trademark their name
Post by: Beppe Grillo on May 30, 2013, 01:42

Quote from: OM on May 28, 2013, 07:30

Strange that Land Rover spell 'Maasai as 'Masai'.

Not so much http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maasai_people (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maasai_people)