Remember that naming contest for East Downtown? A reader writes in:
I got an email from the East Downtown Management District saying that a name has been chosen for the district and the new website will debut on January 19th the website is www.eadohouston.com so I’m thinking the new name is EaDo?
The East Downtown District registered that domain name in July. Plus, EaDo would jibe with this little comment left on Swamplot last month.
So what were the runners-up? Perhaps: Edo, E.D.O., E-Do, or Eat-O? Next up: More naming competitions, for West Houston, Lower Kirby, and North Norhill!
- Name the District [East Downtown Management District]
- East Downtown Management District
- East Downtown District Wants a New Name [Swamplot]
- Aerosol Warfare Declares E.D.O. the Street Art District [Swamplot]
Photo: Jackson Myers
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I guess EaHo would sound too much like a donkey.
Do these silly re-branding names do anything other than give realtors a funny acronym to spout and put in their adds?
kjb, I bet you’re onto something. All of the possibilities I came up with were too meaty not to take up a lot of space in a real estate blurb-paragraph. Those were probably cast out summarily.
If I’d known they were going this route, I would’ve said DoDo.
^EMME it really should be EaHo shouldn’t it?
EaDo! What’s that? Old Japanese city? East Dortmouth?
Good point, and EaHo sounds good like ‘hijo’, siendo esa comunidad bilingue.
^Neil: Si, bilingual but unfortunately sexist.