and he notes - Reading all this reminds me of the Coca Cola debacle when they tried changing the name on the bottle to "Coke". The logic was everybody bought a Coca Cola called "Coke" so why not name it that and give the public what they ask for. Well they did it and found out that the public didn't recognize the name and sales plummeted. They were using a vernacular to purchase a well known product and "Coke" quickly changed back to Coca Cola.
NASG has been around for 50 or so years and is well recognized as an organization devoted to 1/64th proportion modeling, whether exact (or nearly so) scale, Hi-Rail or Tinplate, Narrow or Standard track gauge. Many of the members call the size "S Scale" since they want to emphasize adherence to scale dimensions. Others model a mix of scale and tinplate and others just want to run trains and some just like the size. The term "Gauge" to identify a model scale has been in use for nearly a century and "S Gauge" was adopted by NMRA in 1943 and has been used ever since. Change the name and it becomes another "Coke" - nobody'll buy it! Raleigh in Warmish Maineish... At 12:17 PM 11/16/2011, [email protected] wrote: > >Funny... but t he problem with the term >"Gaugian" is that it does not necessarily mean >one is modeling in S "SCALE."   A 'gaugian'  >could be modeling in a smaller scale with >wider-gauged track that is appropriate for S >scale,  or a larger scale with narrower-gauged >track that is appropriate for S scale . > >Maybe I'm wrong... but I thought we were trying >to promote the size of our models, not the width of our track. > >Oh well... whatever. My other point about >divisions being not enough still stands. > >John Degnan > ><mailto:Scaler164%40comcast.net>[email protected] > >----- Original Message ----- > >From: "Roy" <<mailto:hoffmanroy%40embarqmail.com>[email protected]> >To: <mailto:S-Scale%40yahoogroups.com>[email protected] >Sent: Wednesday, November 16, 2011 11:56:07 AM >Subject: {S-Scale List} What's in a name? was >Re: New NASG Website?  No, new NAME!!! > >The coolest name change had to be the one someone suggested once. > >Change the S-Gaugian to the S-Scalian. > >Roy [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] ------------------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/S-Scale/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/S-Scale/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: [email protected] [email protected] <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [email protected] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
