Narwhal to Nahvalur?

[TSherbs]

On 8/9/2022 at 9:20 PM, Kumachan said:

My understanding is that the company was seeking to trademark the word "narwhal" but that word is too common to be granted a trademark.  Not sure which country the company had filed for the trademark.  Then again, perhaps this is a way for retailers to not have to deal with the recent Twisbi issue?

Since they also mention search engine results, I wonder if this is an effort to have a unique name to avoid having to pay Google to promote their website up through all the other "narwhal" results. I don't know. Maybe we just like Narwhal more because it is a common term in English (those of us who are native English speakers). 

[langere]

Well, "Narwhal" has less letters and is easier to figure out how to pronounce...

 

Erick

[Inkysloth]

On 8/8/2022 at 10:43 PM, Nahvalur said:

Hello everyone!

 

Thank you for your interests in Nahvalur / Narwhal Pens.

 

Nahvalur is the Icelandic orthography of the English word "Narwhal",

 Hello!

 

a question has come up over on the fountainpens subreddit. How is the name pronounced? Is it as its now spelled?

 

thanks,

 

Robin

[PathfinderAFW]

3 hours ago, Inkysloth said:

 Hello!

 

a question has come up over on the fountainpens subreddit. How is the name pronounced? Is it as its now spelled?

 

thanks,

 

Robin

Figboot on Pens stated when he spoke with someone from Nahvalur they were keeping the English pronunciation of it. Whether or not that is actually the pronunciation of that word in Icelandic I have no idea.