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kapildev ◴[] No.44303937[source]
First time I saw a domain named `honda`. On further research [1], I see that many companies have Top Level Domains of their name. Why did IANA/ICANN allow TLDs of company's names?

[1]: https://data.iana.org/TLD/tlds-alpha-by-domain.txt

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MangoToupe ◴[] No.44304560[source]
I don't know japanese or japanese culture, but it's possible this word extends beyond branding. cf https://venere.it/en/the-meaning-and-history-of-the-name-hon...

Notably:

> The name “Honda” has its roots in Japan, a country known for its rich traditions and cultural heritage. In Japanese, the name is written as 本田, which can be broken down into two characters: 本 (“hon”) meaning “origin” or “root” and 田 (“da” or “ta”) meaning “rice field” or “paddy field.” The combination of these characters conveys a sense of familial roots or origin tied to agricultural land, which was historically significant in Japan’s agrarian society.

> Traditionally, Japanese surnames like Honda were often linked to geographic locations or land ownership, reflecting the agricultural lifestyle of early Japan. Thus, the name Honda could have been used to denote a family that owned or worked on rice fields, marking them as stewards of the land.

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throwaway2037 ◴[] No.44307221[source]
I love this (meaningless) phrase:

    > a country known for its rich traditions and cultural heritage
Are there any countries that do not have "rich traditions and cultural heritage"? (Let's ask ChatGPT to "delve" into that...)
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echoangle ◴[] No.44307458[source]
The US maybe? I wouldn’t say the US has rich traditions and cultural heritage, they are too young for that.
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throwaway2037 ◴[] No.44307684[source]
Native Americans?
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1. prmoustache ◴[] No.44308344[source]
But their traditions and cultural heritage has been mostly erased and not followed by the the colons.
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2. kjkjadksj ◴[] No.44316126[source]
Native tribes are still very much as active as any other cultural group in the modern world. People still speak those languages and pass on the oral history.