Hppy Thrsdy, Tstbds! Have you ever wondered why so many companies are dropping the vowels out of their names, like BHLDN and MNDFL? Bethany finally gets to the bottom of this techy trend. (The reason isn’t what you’d think!) Then, Kathleen lowers the lights and tells a spooky tale about a mysterious intruder who broke into people’s homes and cut off locks of their hair during WWII. Lock your windows! It’s another episode of An Acquired Taste podcast!

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Bethany’s Sources:

-https://money.howstuffworks.com/flickr-tumblr-scribd-why-dropping-vowels-brand-names-is-popular.htm

-https://open.buffer.com/names-impact-customers/

-https://hbr.org/2013/09/investors-will-like-your-compa

-https://thehistoryvault.co.uk/the-history-of-abbreviation/

-http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/education/8468351.stm

-http://sundaymagazine.org/2010/08/from-1890-the-first-text-messages/

-https://www.campaignlive.co.uk/article/why-flickr-dropped-e-started-trend/1341902

-https://wordoid.com

-https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Telegram_style

-https://medium.com/better-marketing/who-needs-vowels-anyway-5424abaa9ca3

-https://thenextweb.com/entrepreneur/2013/10/19/whats-startups-name-trend-misspelled-words-ly-wont-go-away/

-https://thenextweb.com/entrepreneur/2017/10/26/before-naming-your-startup-read-this/

-https://www.nytimes.com/2018/12/29/style/vowels-no-more.html

Kathleen’s Sources:

-https://blog.newspapers.com/the-phantom-barber-of-pascagoula/

-https://www.mentalfloss.com/article/55316/strange-states-mississippis-phantom-barber-pascagoula

-https://www.newspapers.com/clip/29760210/mary-evelyn-bridges-sic-describes/

-https://funfactz.com/weird-facts/phantom-barber/

-https://medium.com/of-misdeeds-and-mysteries/the-phantom-barber-of-mississippi-afc4e81e1fec

-https://www.newspapers.com/image/458891466/?terms=The%2Bphantom%2Bbarber