Author Topic: Brand Maasai: Why nomads might trademark their name (Read 2341 times)

gostwyck · « **on:** May 28, 2013, 06:30 »

Interesting article on the BBC's News Magazine;

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

ShadySue · « **Reply #1 on:** May 28, 2013, 06:33 »

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

Interesting article on the BBC's News Magazine;

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

Interesting indeed.

OM · « **Reply #2 on:** May 28, 2013, 07:30 »

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

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

ShadySue · « **Reply #3 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.)