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MANIX NAME
Can someone please tell me why the knife manx is called manix?
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We were having a meeting with Sales and Marketing trying to come up with name for Eric's latest design. In the realm of Lynx and Bobcat, both names already being used by competitors, I suggested "Manx" as a bob tailed cat. Then it was learned that a Manx is a female cat, which we felt would not work. Then Lisa, our Export Manager stretched it to "Manix" which was a Police detective TV show at the time. Sounded good to all of us so we went with it.
We were having a meeting with Sales and Marketing trying to come up with name for Eric's latest design. In the realm of Lynx and Bobcat, both names already being used by competitors, I suggested "Manx" as a bob tailed cat. Then it was learned that a Manx is a female cat, which we felt would not work. Then Lisa, our Export Manager stretched it to "Manix" which was a Police detective TV show at the time. Sounded good to all of us so we went with it.
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I had a Manx years ago and it was a male . The breed comes from the Isle of Man . MG2
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This happens when you don't allow internet devices into the conference room!
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Still a great story. Ain't spitballing great?
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I mean if you were a poor kid in the 90s reruns of Gilligan's Island, Flipper, The Brady Bunch, Happy Days etc were what was on the channels you had so I could believe Mannix still being around in some regions.
We can also gloss over that Manx cats take their name from the Manx people. As Manixguy pointed out the Manx live on the Isle of Man. Unlike some fur patterns like calico or tortoise shell that require the XX chromosome pairings to be presented. The tailless gene is dominant and occurs in male and female cats. Another fun example of islands cause genetic shifts in the animals that come to inhabit them.
I do miss the before internet times where you could wonder things like "how many people do you think live in Australia?" and then never get an answer because no one's parents could pay $1000 for Brittanica Encyclopedias. The smartest person you knew was just a sociopath confident enough to say anything in response to a question and double down if anyone around them questioned the validity of their answer.
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We’re lucky Lisa didn’t tweak the name after something that was actually contemporary:
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I would have never bought another Spyderco!
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Now there’s an idea.MetalsHead wrote: ↑Thu Apr 25, 2024 8:19 pmThis happens when you don't allow internet devices into the conference room!
Attention Spyderco Marketing! I would buy any Spydie, especially a Salt, that you named Boaty McBoatface. I don’t think that name was actually taken.
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