hi,
Da wäre schon eher Esel und DrahtEsel etwas, was der Ähnlichkeit der beiden Namen näher kommt.
"In September of 1995 the name was changed to LiveScript, then in December of the same year, upon receiving a trademark license from Sun, the name JavaScript was adopted. This was somewhat of a marketing move at the time, with Java being very popular around then. "
http://www.w3.org/community/webed/wiki/A_Short_History_of_JavaScript
mfg
tami