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#896. Kodak ͳ [etymology][root_creation][conversion][unidirectionality]

[2011-10-02-1]ε#888. ˤĤư͡פǿ줿 Kodak ˤĤơꥫμ̿᡼åҤʡʼ˥եˤˤĤ줿ɸǡåҤ϶ȼ George Eastman (1854--1932) ¤Ȥ롥캬ŵȤƵ󤲤뤳Ȥ¿
ɸȤƤνФ OED ˤ1888ǯǡ̾Ȥơ֥åʤǻƤ줿˼̿פθǤ1895ǯСˡ1891ǯˤ᤯ʻž (conversion) ФơưȤƤΡ֥åǻƤפиƤ롥 Kodaker, Kodakist, Kodakry Ω³˸졤Υåο͵꤬ŤФ롥ǿͤǤñ˻ƤǤΤǡΤȤʸ "You press the button, we do the rest" 褯ɽ蘆Ƥ롥ꥫѸǤϡ֥å󥹡פΰ̣ Kodak moment ʤ¸ߤ롥
Kodak ȤȯˤĤƤϾܤаޤ񤭻ĤƤ롥¹Ȥʤ뤬Mencken ˵äƤ Strang (24) Ѥ롥

To the history of kodak may be added the following extract from a letter from its inventor, George Eastman (1854--1932) to John M. Manly Dec. 15, 1906: 'It was a purely arbitrary combination of letters, not derived in whole or in part from any existing word, arrived at after considerable search for a word that would answer all requirements for a trade-mark name. The principal of these were that it must be short, incapable of being mis-spelled so as to destroy its identity, must have a vigorous and distinctive personality, and must meet the requirements of the various foreign trade-mark laws, the English being the one most difficult to satisfy owing to the very narrow interpretation that was being given to their law at that time.' I take this from George Eastman, by Carl W. Ackerman; New York, 1930, p. 76n. Ackerman himself says: 'Eastman was determined that this product should have a name that could not be mis-spelled or mispronounced, or infringed or copied by anyone. He wanted a strong word that could be registered as a trade-mark, something that every one would remember and associate only with the product which he proposed to manufacture. K attracted him. It was the first letter of his mother's family name. It was "firm and unyielding." It was unlike any other letter and easily pronounced, Two k's appealed to him more than one, and by a process of association and elimination he originated kodak and gave a new name to a new commercial product. The trade-mark was registered in the United States Sept. 4, 1888.'


Eastman ȤȤơåҤHPˤ⼡Τ褦ʵҤ򸫤Ĥ뤳ȤǤ

I devised the name myself. The letter 'K' had been a favorite with me -- it seems a strong, incisive sort of letter. It became a question of trying out a great number of combinations of letters that made words starting and ending with 'K.' The word 'Kodak' is the result.


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Strang (24--25) ˤȡ㤫ϡּ̿פ֥եפȤ̾ȤƤ Kodak λѤ뤬ɸ鴰̾첽ȹͤ hoover ݽˤʤɤȤϰۤʤꡤ̾첽ٹ礤㤤ΤǤϤʤȤɸȤƻϤޤä塤֤ʤ̾첽ƤӾɸȤƤΤ߻Ȥ뤳ȤˤʤäȤޤꤹ뤳ȤǤ롥̣ˡѲɬǤϤʤȤ򼨺ȹͤ뤫⤷ʤ

Strang, Barbara M. H. A History of English. London: Methuen, 1970.

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