[Shotimes] Futura... was: If Ford Asked you ...

[Carl Prochilo]

Yes, Thanks for the catch Mike.  I would say Lexus is a play on the
word luxus as you state.  Toyota positioned Lexus to be their luxury
brand so it makes sense.
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Cheers,
Carl Prochilo
1992 Ultra Red Crimson

mkelley1@gt.rr.com said:
> Except both are spelled differently (Lexus vs. lexis and Infiniti
> vs.
> infinity).  Infiniti I can buy as a car brand name since it evokes
> the idea
> of no boundaries or limits.  On the other hand, lexis is defined as
> the
> total set of words in a language (i.e. vocabulary).  I'm not quite
> sure how
> that relates to high priced Japanese automobiles.  There is the word
> "luxus" which does relate to luxury or extravagance so that could be
> the
> derivation of the name.
>
> OK, I've wasted far too much bandwidth for one day...
>
> Original Message:
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> From: Carl Prochilo gr8sho@prochilo.myserver.org
> Date: Thu, 18 Mar 2004 11:00:19 -0500 (Eastern Standard Time)
> To: shotimes@autox.team.net
> Subject: Re: [Shotimes] Futura...      was: If Ford Asked you ...
>
>
>
> Yeah.  Lexus and Infitity are real words though.  Acura is not.
>
>
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