Re: "Borrowed" technology

[phile@pwcs.StPaul.GOV (Philip J Ethier)]

>When they began exporting these vehicles, they wanted to give them a
non-Japanese-sounding name, so they chose Datsun as a sort of crypto-
anagram for Austin.

Of course, we in Middle America thought "Datsun" sounded Japanese anyway, so 
thewhole thing was pretty silly.  None of us were reminded of "Austin"!

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