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And the Award for the Bank with the Worst Name Goes to…
By JLP | October 30, 2005
Wachovia
Pronounced Wah-Ko-Vee-ah which sounds like Walk Ova Ya.
What do you think?
Topics: Miscellaneous | 2 Comments »
October 30th, 2005 at 4:55 pm
I vote for “US Bank”. I know it is U.S. Bank, but their signs look like capital-U, small-S Bank, which makes me want to say “us” bank.
If you run a bank, you should be smart enough to use punctuation when naming it.
October 31st, 2005 at 11:11 am
Wachovia *would* be the perfect name for a bank (with its attendant financial services), were it pronounced as I first thought it was: say, “Watch ove’ ya’.)