SHYSTER, MCJOB, etc.

[Peter A. McGraw]

Oh, well, I never liked "McGraw" very much, anyway.  And hotel clerks and
suchlike in Europe, ever sensitive to the nuances of U.S. copyright law,
have frequently called me "Mr. Graw."  Guess I could do that, too.  Or
maybe I'll just go for "Smith" (and hope the Smith Bros. won't sue me).

Peter (formerly Mc)G.

--On Wednesday, December 10, 2003 12:29 PM -0500 RonButters at AOL.COM wrote:

> at least one court has ruled that
> they actually own the "Mc-" prefix. Their victory in that case (in which
> a  motel chain was not allowed to use the name "McSleep") was somewhat
> controversial at the time (see Lentine and Shuy's excellent article on
> the case in  AMERICAN SPEECH several years ago). I suspect that McDonalds
> is rather sensitive  about anything that starts with "Mc-".



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Peter A. McGraw       Linfield College        McMinnville, Oregon
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