Buster, go look n the archives, I asked this same question a couple
years ago after being told by an englishman (best man at me wedding)
that the LEC was the "more correct" term. I got attacked as you
likely will ;-)
Say no more, say no more.
Larry
On Dec 15, 2005, at 12:50 PM, b-evans@earthlink.net wrote:
> Tell me why people own classic cars insist on calling them "LBC" or
> "Little British Cars"? Let's get it straight folks, they are LEC's
> or Little English Cars. They were not made in Wales, they were not
> made in Scotland, they were not made in Northern Ireland, they were
> not made in the Channel Isles. They were made in ENGLAND!
>
> Tell me why people who own what are now known as "Mark I" Sprites
> use English terms such as bonnet, hood, cheerio, etc., still refuse
> to call the cars by their ENGLISH name: Frogeyes? That is
> FROGEYE, as in frogs, as in Kermit! After all, they are far more
> loveable than a flie or mosquito! Or cockroach!
>
> Buster Evans
>
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