>>>> <donmathis@lucent.com> 09/20/96 09:42am >>>
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>>subsidiary called "Lucas Logos". The medallion was actually >supposed to
>be,
>"MT" which stood for "Morris Tractors" but the Lucas >Logo people got it
>incorrect and made it "MG". Since manufacturing >was behind schedule,
>because
>of a mysterious electrical problem in the >cars, they just used the "MG"
>logos
>rather than take the time to have >more manufactured. They had planned to
>changed back on the next >series of cars to be manufactured but the plant
>foreman, who was >originally from Korea, liked the "MG" logo since it rhymed
>with Kimchee, >a Korean delicacy of fermented cabbage. To this very day, the
>>MG is known in Korea as the Kimchee. Very few people know about >this and
>>I'm pleased to finally set the record straight.
I want to know how it is that MG rhymed with kimchee, but MT did not rhyme
wiht kimchee. Seems to me that they both rhyme. Hmmm I think somebody's
been reeled in hook line and sinker.
Phil Bates
67 MGB
75 Jaguar XJ12C
52 MG TD replicar (VW)
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