The word "Prera" of Pilot Prera

[lhl_henrylui]

I have decided to give my friend a Pilot Prera and I think it would be good to know what its name means.

http://www.pilot.co.jp/MungoBlobs/fpr_3sr_w.jpg

What does the word "Prera" mean?

Edited April 25, 2010 by lhl_henrylui

[Yuki Onitsura]

Not a clue what it means and a google search turns up nothing. It is a great pen for the price though!

 

Yuki

[watch_art]

i think pilot invented the word.

[jar]

Try asking in the Pens from the Land of the Rising Sun section.

[Fuddlestack]

Puerto Rican Emergency Relief Administration

[ericthered2004]

I seem to remember it means "opera", but it's a vague memory, sadly.

 

regards

eric

[professionaldilettante]

It's a name. Many names don't have a meaning, as in the way words have meaning, just loose associations.

[lurcho]

I have decided to give my friend a Pilot Prera and I think it would be good to know what its name means.

http://www.pilot.co.jp/MungoBlobs/fpr_3sr_w.jpg

What does the word "Prera" mean?

 

There's an Italian village by this name...

[gyasko]

I don't have my Kojien handy, but i'm pretty sure that this is not a Japanese word. It sounds like a made-by-marketing-dept. name.

[lhl_henrylui]

From Pilot's website, its Japanese name is "プレラ". Anyone who knows Japanese can tell me what it means?

[lovemy51]

Puerto Rican Emergency Relief Administration

close, but not quite!!! Puerto Rico Electronic Retailing Association (PRERA): http://www.prera.org/

Edited April 27, 2010 by lovemy51

[Pauldavid]

There are many Singhalese (Sri Lankans) and (mostly) Christians from Kerala (South West India) who have Prera (or some other permutation of that name) as a last name.

[Readymade]

It was probably chosen 'cos it sounded nice (to the powers that run Pilot anyway). Consider some of the names of other Pilot pens - Legno, Legance etc.

[Samovar]

Looked into my fancy Canon V330 wordtank and can't find anything logical. The Japanese have a talent for naming stuff with a foreign sounding name that doesn't mean anything. You should see the number of models of Toyota on the road!

[gillyohan]

I think I remember seeing a Starbucks knockoff in Korea called Star Prera. heh. I wonder if their coffee was just as bad.

[lovemy51]

It was probably chosen 'cos it sounded nice (to the powers that run Pilot anyway). Consider some of the names of other Pilot pens - Legno, Legance etc.

well, at least the "legno" sounds right, cos i think the pen has some sort of wood veneer!