>> And I second it: I¹ve always thought the name Entourage was a odd choice.
>
> I'm glad someone finally said so - not only an odd choice, but also not
> necessarily the best choice.
Heck, we said that months before it was publicly announced.
> I generally don't associate positives with entourage, working in the
> entertainment industry.
An entourage is a bunch of mostly useless hangers-on.
> Then again, this is 'executive/suit/focus group/marketing dept.' based
> naming, and all of them placed together probably barely amount to a single
> brain-cell.
Well, apparently they felt like an entourage was a group of people who
surrounded powerful people and proactively saw to their needs. Thus, the
entire Office suite was an entourage.
Alas...butler, concierge, and valet were already taken. And somehow French
Maid probably wouldn't have worked. ;-)
Try to find a single word that you can trademark worldwide. It ain't too
terribly easy.
mikel
PS: I much preferred alpaca. But then I've a thing for alpacas and
guanacos. And armadillos and bats, but that's a different story.
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