I never realised I would start World War 3 by asking a simple question!!!
>;)
Thanks for informing me folks...........
Gill
'60 MGA
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From: Dan Hughes
To: donmathis; gallianp
Cc: mgs
Subject: Re: MG stands for? -Reply
Date: 20 September 1996 16:21
WOW! This is what I like about this group, you're always learning! !But!,
after investigating your explanation I found a glaring error. The plant
manager was from Chin-Pow, a province of China, NOT Korea. Please, be more
careful about keeping the facts strait!
Dan "Avid Historian" Hughes
>>> <donmathis@lucent.com> 09/20/96 09:42am >>>
>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.
Don Mathis,Ph.D.
LUCENT TECHNOLOGIES donmathis@lucent.com
'61 MGA '37 Bentley
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