To: EvilCapitalist
There everywhere here but who the hell comes up with these names?
19 posted on
04/19/2018 11:28:56 AM PDT by
maddog55
To: maddog55; Vigilanteman
I first saw Sheetz in West Virginia and assumed the stores were named after their former Senator, Robert “KKK” Byrd.
21 posted on
04/19/2018 11:37:26 AM PDT by
Berosus
(I wish I had as much faith in God as liberals have in government.)
To: maddog55
There everywhere here but who the hell comes up with these names?Mr. Sheetz's ancestors, in the one case. Not an uncommon name in Pennsylvania.
24 posted on
04/19/2018 11:57:07 AM PDT by
jiggyboy
(Ten percent of poll respondents are either lying or insane)
To: maddog55
Wawa is a suburb of Philly. It is Native American for goose, hence the goose...
31 posted on
04/19/2018 2:49:34 PM PDT by
Deplorable American1776
(Proud to be a DeplorableAmerican with a Deplorable Family...even the dog is, too. :-))
To: maddog55
who the hell comes up with these names?Wawa, PA is the name of the town in which the company originally started, as the Wawa Dairy. It is from the language of the original inhabitants of the area, the Leni-Lenape Indians—their word for Canada goose. You can see a Canada goose in the Wawa stores' logo.
Someone upthread mentioned that Sheetz is the family name of the people who started the Sheetz chain.
34 posted on
04/19/2018 3:50:22 PM PDT by
Albion Wilde
(We're even doing the right thing for them. They just don't know it yet. --Donald Trump, CPAC '18)
To: maddog55
There everywhere here but who the hell comes up with these names? Wawa means Goose in a local Indian dialect. The corporation is headquartered in Wawa, Pennsylvania.
36 posted on
04/19/2018 6:26:04 PM PDT by
OldMissileer
(Atlas, Titan, Minuteman, PK. Winners of the Cold War)
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