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Old December 17th 08, 09:08 PM posted to uk.railway,uk.transport.london
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On 17 Dec 2008 22:01:03 +0000 (GMT), Theo Markettos
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In uk.railway Paul Corfield wrote:
Take a look at the now very wide spread of uses and companies involved
in Octopus in Hong Kong. Also look at the interesting way the "card" is
marketed.


What is it with the aquatic names? Oyster, Squid, Octopus, Goldfish?
Mine's a Wildebeest card, please.


To be fair I believe Hong Kong was there first. Anything to due with
"eight" is considered auspicious by the Chinese so Octopus makes sense
in that context. Everyone else has simply followed their lead (or not!).
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