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Re: MG Magnettes and others

To: "David F. Darby" <dfdarby@juno.com>
Subject: Re: MG Magnettes and others
From: Geoff Love <engconn@infi.net>
Date: Sun, 09 Feb 1997 11:01:01 -0500
David F. Darby wrote:
> 
> On Sat, 08 Feb 1997 13:28:47 -0500 Geoff Love <engconn@infi.net> writes:
> 
> >> But seriously, now, folks, what is the meaning of the name "Magnette?"
> snip
> >No, no, Ray, you have a bunch of magnets, not magnettes.  The word
> >magnette is surely the French version of the word, magnet, as the word
> >Concorde is the French version of the word Concord. (Of course, the
> >French people would say it is all the other way round, however...) Why
> snip
> >Geoff Love, Le Connection Anglais.
> >
> -------------------------------------------------------------------------
> Those French. They have a different word for everything!
> 
> David F. Darby
> Aux arcs, Missouri USA

Bien sur!

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