Usage of 'Nexis' is Baffling

[Fred Shapiro]

I believe that when Toyota named its luxury car Lexus, LexisNexis took
legal action to prevent them from using that name.  Linguists testified
for Toyota that the pronunciation of "Lexus" differed from that of
"Lexis."

Fred Shapiro


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