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Re: [Land-speed] This is just plain silly! Non LSR

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Subject: Re: [Land-speed] This is just plain silly! Non LSR
From: Ray Buck <rbuck@xmission.com>
Date: Thu, 10 Jun 2010 16:03:12 -0600
I wonder if those German-born folks realize that in the US a Merc is a 
Mercury, but in the UK, it's a Mercedes?

Not that it makes any difference.

RtR

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On 6/10/2010 2:59 PM, Richard Kensicki wrote:
> "I get calls from international colleagues asking me 'What is a 
> Chevy," said German-born GM spokesman Klaus-Peter Martin. "It takes 
> quite a long time to explain to them."
>
> I wonder if Klaus's colleagues know the difference between a bimmer 
> and a BMW?
>
> Wester Potter wrote:
>> Another of Obama's blunders.
>>
>> http://money.cnn.com/2010/06/10/autos/gm_no_chevy/
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