Re: Misspelling and Frogs

Jacques,
Which language uses "Gran" then??  Spanish, Italian?  I know I've
seen it many times that way...
Cheers!!
Jim - he of the stationary Midget in Dodge City

On 11/29/05, Jacques Le Clainche <hobbycars@cox.net> wrote:
>
> Jim wrote: Having been around the "Grans Prix" in Europe throughout the
> late
> 60s and having watched Ford and the GT40s kick Ferarri a$$ at
> "Le Mans", I can assure that they are both French words (not that
> I have any great love for the Frogs) and are correctly spelled in
> this paragraph.
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> Nope!... It's Grand Prix, meaning the top prize in any competition - Grand
> Prix, then Prix d'honneur, etc, were given for clocks, wines, etc!
>
> By the way, I was there in the 60s too - and I lived not far from Le Mans.
>
> Jacques Le Clainche, ex-Frog.