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Who started spellling dog as "dawg"? and is it ok to use it when naming a business that sells hot dogs?

as in "hot dawg heaven"

Update:

I'm trying to find a name for our business, we sell specialty hot dogs, like Chicago Dogs, NYC dogs, Seattle Dogs, etc, and over 25 toppings you can put on your own hot dog. There seems to be a lot of Hot Dog Heaven restaurants in different states. I don't want to take the name from someone else.

Update 2:

thanks everyone, I think I will stay away from that spelling

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  • Anonymous
    1 decade ago
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    Well, sorry, but the word "dawg" has been copyrighted by the rap artist "Snoop Dawg," so I'm afraid you won't be able to use it for your business at all!

    NOT!!

    Seriously, though, I don't think there's any one person who can be credited as having spelled it that way first, and I, personally think it's a great name for your business, but, I also think that just changing Hot Dog Heaven to Hot Dawg Heaven is NOT sufficiently different to prevent them from suing you if they ever hear about it.

    I mean, it would be like someone naming their software company "MicroSawft" and expecting to get away with it. As they say in Brooklyn, fuhgeddaboudit!

  • 1 decade ago

    dawg is the slang of dog or another way of spelling dog to catch attention to the way its spelled. I guess its ok to name a business selling hot dogs but like i think its a business destined to fail.

    When the business fails you wont ever see it again :)

  • Anonymous
    1 decade ago

    No, that will drive away a whole bunch of gangster-language haters.

    Don't! Whatever happened to english?

  • Anonymous
    1 decade ago

    you might sound kind of gay if you're a guy

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  • 1 decade ago

    UMMM SURREEEEE.......

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