another car name mishap (well, almost)

Ron Kuzar kuzar at research.haifa.ac.il
Tue Oct 21 05:08:03 UTC 2003


This reminds me of another naming mishap. In the 1980s all organizations
of Jewish education in the US were united under an umbrella organization.
It was supposed to be called Jewish Education System in the United
States. Stationary was printed, and everything was ready for launching
the new organ until someone discovered it spelled JESUS... It was then
changed to JESNA Jewish Educational System in North America.
On Mon, 20 Oct 2003 17:15:31 -0400
Ron Kuzar
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"P. Kerim Friedman" <kerim.list at oxus.net> wrote:

> It seems to be true, see here (especially the comments):
>
> http://www.languagehat.com/archives/000917.php
>
> - kerim
>
> On Monday, October 20, 2003, at 03:56 PM, Harriet Ottenheimer wrote:
>
> > Not sure if this is for real.  A colleague sent it to me.
> >
> > http://cnews.canoe.ca/CNEWS/WeirdNews/2003/10/16/227790.html
> >
> > Does anyone know about this?
> >
> >  ---Harriet Ottenheimer

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