Ron Ron Ron Posted November 21, 2017 Share Posted November 21, 2017 https://www.getlinkgroup.com/uploadedFiles/assets-uk/Media/Press-Releases/2017-Press-Release/171120-Groupe-Eurotunnel-becomes-Getlink.pdf https://www.getlinkgroup.com/uk/home/ https://news.sky.com/story/there-is-a-kind-of-logic-in-eurotunnels-new-name-11135596 . Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Ron Ron Ron Posted November 21, 2017 Author Share Posted November 21, 2017 (edited) NOUN Britishdialect, informal - A person whom the speaker dislikes or despises. Example sentences ‘Stupid get! O my God, how you stick yourself I'll never know!’ ‘I can't stand that other smarmy get.’ Hmmmm???? Are our French friends trying to say something here? . Edited November 21, 2017 by Ron Ron Ron Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Kylestrome Posted November 21, 2017 RMweb Premium Share Posted November 21, 2017 (edited) Groupe Euro Tunnel obviously don't have an Oxford English Dictionary to hand (or maybe the French members do?). Edited November 21, 2017 by Kylestrome 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium corneliuslundie Posted November 21, 2017 RMweb Premium Share Posted November 21, 2017 "This new name, reflecting the dynamism of connection and exchange, marks the Group’s passage into an exciting new era for mobility infrastructures." I couldn't have written such twaddle myself, even after a career as a journalist. What kind of people do they employ these days? And I don't think you can blame it on poor translation from the French. I spent six years teaching English as a foreign language. I think I need to start teaching the same course in England. Jonathan 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
BG John Posted November 21, 2017 Share Posted November 21, 2017 Will trains have to stop in the middle of the channel for customs inspection, when we let Europe go floating off on its own? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
jonny777 Posted November 21, 2017 Share Posted November 21, 2017 I have given up on trying to fathom corporate-management-speak. It seems to have declined into BS designed to convey only the self appointed superiority of the speaker, at the same time as covering their ignorance. And, most of the brand name or logo changes seem to be simply a way of giving management something to do, in order to justify their high pay levels. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
jonny777 Posted November 21, 2017 Share Posted November 21, 2017 Will trains have to stop in the middle of the channel for customs inspection, when we let Europe go floating off on its own? I don't know. Do Swiss trains stop mid-tunnel for customs checks when heading for Italy? 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted November 21, 2017 Share Posted November 21, 2017 Hmm. Euro Tunnel. Pretty obvious what that is. GetLink. Could be a mobile phone accessory for all I know. Yet another backwards step for no fathomable reason at all. I suppose we should be grateful that Tunnely McTunnelface hasn't made the journey through accompanied by much media hilarity. 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Boris Posted November 21, 2017 Share Posted November 21, 2017 Might as well just call it Froglink 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
KalKat Posted November 21, 2017 Share Posted November 21, 2017 ................ or Hole Travel perhaps? Emma Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zomboid Posted November 21, 2017 Share Posted November 21, 2017 Do they still own GBRF? If they're intending on expanding beyond just the tunnel then a more generic name is probably a decent idea. Though Getlink is a pretty bland & mediocre choice. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium John Isherwood Posted November 21, 2017 RMweb Premium Share Posted November 21, 2017 https://www.getlinkgroup.com/uploadedFiles/assets-uk/Media/Press-Releases/2017-Press-Release/171120-Groupe-Eurotunnel-becomes-Getlink.pdf https://www.getlinkgroup.com/uk/home/ https://news.sky.com/story/there-is-a-kind-of-logic-in-eurotunnels-new-name-11135596 . ...... and how many millions have the corporate identity consultants charged for that piece of inspired thinking ?!? Regards, John Isherwood. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ron Ron Ron Posted November 21, 2017 Author Share Posted November 21, 2017 ................ or Hole Travel perhaps? Do I detect a deeper meaning in that name? . Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ron Ron Ron Posted November 21, 2017 Author Share Posted November 21, 2017 Do they still own GBRF? ..... It was Groupe Eurotunnel's rail freight subsidiary, Europorte, that previously owned GBRf, from June 2010 until late last year. They sold GBRf to Swedish private equity group, EQT Partners, last October (Oct 2016). . Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
34theletterbetweenB&D Posted November 21, 2017 Share Posted November 21, 2017 ... Getlink is a pretty bland & mediocre choice. Doesn't communicate anything much does it? Might be a sausage supplier or golf course purchaser's guide... Eurolink? Just pop the £100,000 fee in my account. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
APOLLO Posted November 21, 2017 Share Posted November 21, 2017 Whit Brexit looming perhaps GET STUFFED would have been more appropriate !! Brit15 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Talltim Posted November 21, 2017 Share Posted November 21, 2017 (edited) NOUN British[/size]dialect, informal - [/size]A person whom the speaker dislikes or despises.[/size] Example sentences ‘Stupid get! O my God, how you stick yourself I'll never know!’ ‘I can't stand that other smarmy get.’ Hmmmm????Are our French friends trying to say something here? . Wikipedia says The word git first appeared in print in 1946, but is undoubtedly older.[citation needed] It is originally an alteration of the word get, dating back to the 14th century.[citation needed] A shortening of beget,%5B5%5Dget insinuates that the recipient is someone's misbegotten offspring and therefore a bastard.%5B6%5D In parts of northern England, Northern Ireland and Scotland get is still used in preference to git; the get form is used in the Beatles song "[citation needed] I've replied to Getlink's tweet about the name change pointing out that their name meqns Bastardlink, no reply yet... This article http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2017/11/20/eurotunnel-changes-name-getlink-prepares-post-brexit-future/ mentions The French company, which operates the Channel Tunnel, said that it wanted to adopt a "very Anglo-Saxon" name as it expands its business interests. However both 'get' (as a verb rather than a perjorative noun) and 'link' are from the Norse and are not Anglo, Saxon, or Anglo Saxon.... Edited November 21, 2017 by Talltim 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold PhilH Posted November 21, 2017 RMweb Gold Share Posted November 21, 2017 They could have been really vogueish and named it Tunnel Mctunnelface. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
olivegreen Posted November 21, 2017 Share Posted November 21, 2017 (edited) ...... and how many millions have the corporate identity consultants charged for that piece of inspired thinking ?!? Regards, John Isherwood. Makes me wonder if it is the same bunch of twerps who coined 'ouigo' and 'inOui' in France for the TGV services. The mind boggles. Edited November 21, 2017 by olivegreen Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
gordon s Posted November 21, 2017 Share Posted November 21, 2017 (edited) Post deleted Edited November 21, 2017 by gordon s Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Talltim Posted November 21, 2017 Share Posted November 21, 2017 With regard to consultants coming up with the name, its reported that it was created by the board of directors. Perhaps they should have gone to the consultants.... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium ELTEL Posted November 21, 2017 RMweb Premium Share Posted November 21, 2017 What a bloody waste of money Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peter Kazmierczak Posted November 21, 2017 Share Posted November 21, 2017 Didn't realise it's 1st April..... 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark Saunders Posted November 21, 2017 Share Posted November 21, 2017 What a bloody waste of money Remember the 15 months of "Consignia" ! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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