[WPRESTO]

M for Monuments or markers
I dion't think I've ever heard vacuums called Hoovers unless they were Hoovers. We could do a whole thread on products that are nicknamed after a prominent brand, you can go way back to the Crapper!

About "Crapper" and the legend of Thomas Crapper and his famous flush toilet, as well as other porcelain fixtures (I noted & photographed a Th. Crapper sink on the steamship Great Britain - the image has been posted). Research into the term "crapper"" indicates it was used for defacatorial devices well before the man & company & product became more-or-less synonymous. Apparently Mr. Crapper's name was coincidentally the same as a slang term already in use for such a device ("crapping ken" - Oxford English Dictionary, 1846), based on a Middle English word ("crap") for feces.

[Arn]

N - Nightshift at the mill.

[noelcmn]

Avoiding all things lavatorial, I submit
O-Orangethroated Longclaw, both reasons for this somewhat long name shown here.

[WPRESTO]

P for PRICKLY.

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[Nesster]

Q is for "Quality goes in before the name goes on" - Zenith

[Arn]

R - Returning to harbour. Lots of boats go out to watch the fireworks in English Bay.

[RollsUp]

S is for Squirrel.

[WPRESTO]

T is for Typha, AKA cattail.

[scratchpaddy]

U is for underground... again. Nesster beat me to it last round.

[noelcmn]

Here's V and W. V on the chest, and W for Wagtail, which is what this bird is called- Cape Wagtail.

[Nesster]

X is for X, the band

[ramseybuckeye]

About "Crapper" and the legend of Thomas Crapper and his famous flush toilet, as well as other porcelain fixtures (I noted & photographed a Th. Crapper sink on the steamship Great Britain - the image has been posted). Research into the term "crapper"" indicates it was used for defacatorial devices well before the man & company & product became more-or-less synonymous. Apparently Mr. Crapper's name was coincidentally the same as a slang term already in use for such a device ("crapping ken" - Oxford English Dictionary, 1846), based on a Middle English word ("crap") for feces.

I stand corrected, that's what I get for watching the History Channel, some of the crap they have on there is... oops.

Avoiding all things lavatorial, I submit
O-Orangethroated Longclaw, both reasons for this somewhat long name shown here.

It looks a lot like our Meadowlarks except for the color, markings area very similar.

Q is for "Quality goes in before the name goes on" - Zenith

Wow, It's been a long time since I've heard that, that was a top brand and now it's gone. Actually you still occasionally see some Zenith branded TVs, I think LG owns the name.

Y for Youth

[utak]

Z is for ZooSafari, Italian style

[noelcmn]

A- A+

[jheu02]

B for B-25 Mitchell

SMC Pentax 400/5.6 @ f/16, SOOC