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Re: MG Magnettes and others

To: engconn@infi.net
Subject: Re: MG Magnettes and others
From: dfdarby@juno.com (David F. Darby)
Date: Sun, 9 Feb 1997 08:52:30 PST
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?"
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>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 
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>Geoff Love, Le Connection Anglais.
>
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Those French. They have a different word for everything!

David F. Darby
Aux arcs, Missouri USA

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