Like my grandfather who wouldn't be caught dead driving a Tie-ota through Eye-oh-weigh having left his home state of Ella-noise.
Bob R On Fri, May 7, 2010 at 8:02 AM, Rich Thomas < richthomas79td...@constructivity.net> wrote: > My dad always admired the Chevy Tay-hoe > > --R > > > On 5/7/2010 10:42 AM, Alex Chamberlain wrote: > >> On Fri, May 7, 2010 at 7:05 AM, Mitch Haley<m...@voyager.net> wrote: >> >> >> >>> Alex Chamberlain wrote: >>> >>> Reminds me of the time I was taking a look at the Ford Fusion/Mercury >>> >>> >>>> Milan >>>> twins for a lark, and salesmen persisted in pronouncing the name of the >>>> latter to rhyme with "tie ran," emphasis on the first syllable. >>>> >>>> >>>> >>> Less than 50 miles from Ford's Dearborn headquarters lies Milan, >>> Michigan. >>> I had a college roommate who grew up in Milan. He pronounced it like a >>> network admin would say "My LAN". >>> >>> >>> >>> >> I did not know that. But I can't believe that's what Ford's marketeers >> were >> thinking of when they came up with the name, considering that the >> Mercury's >> brand identity (if it even has one) is to be more upscale and aspirational >> than Ford, like a middle rung between Ford and Lincoln---the same way that >> Buick, as one of the surviving three GM passenger car brands, is being >> positioned midway between Chevy and Cadillac. >> >> Alex >> _______________________________________ >> http://www.okiebenz.com >> For new and used parts go to www.okiebenz.com >> To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ >> >> To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: >> http://okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com >> >> >> > > _______________________________________ > http://www.okiebenz.com > For new and used parts go to www.okiebenz.com > To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > http://okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > _______________________________________ http://www.okiebenz.com For new and used parts go to www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
