JSngry Posted May 13, 2004 Report Share Posted May 13, 2004 What's the story behind the name of the Fifth Third Bank? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jim Alfredson Posted May 13, 2004 Report Share Posted May 13, 2004 From their website: Fifth Third traces its origins to the Bank of the Ohio Valley, which opened its doors in Cincinnati in 1858. In 1871, that bank was purchased by the Third National Bank. With the turn of the century came the union of the Third National Bank and the Fifth National Bank, and eventually the organization became known as "Fifth Third Bank." Since its beginning, Fifth Third has provided superior customer service and followed sound banking principles. Word. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jazzbo Posted May 13, 2004 Report Share Posted May 13, 2004 Huntington National is the way to go. Ohioans. . . numerically challenged? Perhaps. But good people! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
couw Posted May 13, 2004 Report Share Posted May 13, 2004 Ohioans. . . with words like that, to be numerically challenged seems the lesser problem to me... but I fear THAT is not restricted to Ohio... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
catesta Posted May 13, 2004 Report Share Posted May 13, 2004 Ohioans. . . with words like that, to be numerically challenged seems the lesser problem to me... but I fear THAT is not restricted to Ohio... Certain areas of Germany come to mind. B) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jazzbo Posted May 13, 2004 Report Share Posted May 13, 2004 It's an Indian name I believe. Though there are plenty of crazy Germans there! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
couw Posted May 13, 2004 Report Share Posted May 13, 2004 I'm not referring to the name of the state, which indeed seems to be of indian origin, but the anglification of the word and tongue-breakingly forcing it into english grammar. The Germans ARE to blame for that, I know. I'm not. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jazzbo Posted May 13, 2004 Report Share Posted May 13, 2004 Nah. Can't blame the Germans for that. Individualizing language is something Americans are born with the ability to do. (Whether it is strangling it or altering it for the worse is in the eye of the beholder). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
catesta Posted May 13, 2004 Report Share Posted May 13, 2004 The Germans ARE to blame for that, I know. I'm not. What are the chances Jazzmoose is German? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rachel Posted May 13, 2004 Report Share Posted May 13, 2004 What's the story behind the name of the Fifth Third Bank? Next question: Ruth's Chris Steakhouse WTF? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jazzmoose Posted May 14, 2004 Report Share Posted May 14, 2004 The Germans ARE to blame for that, I know. I'm not. What are the chances Jazzmoose is German? Warum möchten Sie wissen? Was ist oben? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
connoisseur series500 Posted May 14, 2004 Report Share Posted May 14, 2004 What's the story behind the name of the Fifth Third Bank? Don't look for any significance in bank names. Many of the names are amalgamations to reflect the numerous mergers and acquisitions within the banking system. The bank I work for (Charter One) has just merged with a Citizens bank prominent in New England. Our name will eventually be modified to reflect the new entity. Our bank had several names before we became "Charter One." Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BERIGAN Posted May 14, 2004 Report Share Posted May 14, 2004 What's the story behind the name of the Fifth Third Bank? Next question: Ruth's Chris Steakhouse WTF? Yes, WTF indeed. Nothing on the old wesite either...just sounds stupid... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Free For All Posted May 14, 2004 Report Share Posted May 14, 2004 What's the story behind the name of the Fifth Third Bank? Next question: Ruth's Chris Steakhouse WTF? Yes, WTF indeed. Nothing on the old wesite either...just sounds stupid... Don't know much about this, but from what I do remember, isn't "Chris" the son of "Ruth"? I think she named the chain after him. All I do know is that it's hard to say without spitting. And a little overpriced- I still think I can do just about as well with a good quality steak on my own grill. They do have good side dishes, though. ......and what's this whole "aged beef" thing? How do they "age" the meat w/o it basically ROTTING? Is it low humidity refrigeration? In my fridge, "aged" beef often ends up in the trash...... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kulu se mama Posted May 14, 2004 Report Share Posted May 14, 2004 here in in cicny (the home of 5/3rd), but oddly enough i know the story on ruth's chris steakhouse. the steakhouse belonged to chris when he was married to ruth. they got divorced and she ended up with the restaurant, so in a final act of revenge (not sure which party instigated the divorce) - she renamed the place. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rooster_Ties Posted May 14, 2004 Report Share Posted May 14, 2004 What's the story behind the name of the Fifth Third Bank? So, Jim, how did you even come to hear about the "Fifth Third Bank" in the first place??? -- being that you're a Texahioan and all. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
catesta Posted May 14, 2004 Report Share Posted May 14, 2004 What's the story behind the name of the Fifth Third Bank? Next question: Ruth's Chris Steakhouse WTF? In 1965 Ruth Fertel purchased a restaurant in New Orleans. The place was called Chris Steak House, she left the name the same, except added Ruth's before it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Man with the Golden Arm Posted May 14, 2004 Report Share Posted May 14, 2004 Speaking of Selling England by the Pound... and as a one time land locked Ohioan I always wondered about this: Genesis - "Firth of Fifth" The path is clear Though no eyes can see The course laid down long before. And so with gods and men The sheep remain inside their pen, Though many times they’ve seen the way to leave. He rides majestic Past homes of men Who care not or gaze with joy, To see reflected there The trees, the sky, the lily fair, The scene of death is lying just below. The mountain cuts off the town from view, Like a cancer growth is removed by skill. Let it be revealed. A waterfall, his madrigal. An inland sea, his symphony. Undinal songs Urge the sailors on Till lured by sirens’ cry. Now as the river dissolves in sea, So neptune has claimed another soul. And so with gods and men The sheep remain inside their pen, Until the shepherd leads his flock away. The sands of time were eroded by The river of constant change. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JSngry Posted May 14, 2004 Author Report Share Posted May 14, 2004 What's the story behind the name of the Fifth Third Bank? So, Jim, how did you even come to hear about the "Fifth Third Bank" in the first place??? -- being that you're a Texahioan and all. On the striaght job I'm working, we get a lot of checks from Ohioans written on this bank, and the name has always struck me as totally bizarre. Now that I know how that name came to be, it strikes me as being even MORE bizarre. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BruceH Posted May 14, 2004 Report Share Posted May 14, 2004 The bank I work for (Charter One) has just merged with a Citizens bank prominent in New England. Our name will eventually be modified to reflect the new entity. Our bank had several names before we became "Charter One." The new name could well end up sounding like an order: "Charter One Citizen"! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rockefeller center Posted May 14, 2004 Report Share Posted May 14, 2004 The Germans ARE to blame for that, I know. I'm not. What are the chances Jazzmoose is German? Warum möchten Sie wissen? Was ist oben? "Was ist oben" ist kühl. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
couw Posted May 14, 2004 Report Share Posted May 14, 2004 really swinish mediocre! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
connoisseur series500 Posted May 15, 2004 Report Share Posted May 15, 2004 The bank I work for (Charter One) has just merged with a Citizens bank prominent in New England. Our name will eventually be modified to reflect the new entity. Our bank had several names before we became "Charter One." The new name could well end up sounding like an order: "Charter One Citizen"! I'd bank on it... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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