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Article #20085Re: Radio Shack's bad name
From: William K. McFadden
Date: Tue, 29 Nov 1988 00:16
Date: Tue, 29 Nov 1988 00:16
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In article <2795@kitty.UUCP> larry@kitty.UUCP (Larry Lippman) writes:
-> My all time favorite name is "Yahama" instead of the well-known
->"Yamaha". When I saw such a product advertised at an unbelievable low
->price, I had to reread the copy several times before my eye noticed the
->"catch".
Yeah. I once had a "Sankyo" cassette deck. This name was interesting, since
the well-known brand "Sanyo" was not considered all that great, either.
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Bill McFadden Tektronix, Inc. P.O. Box 500 MS 58-639 Beaverton, OR 97077
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!utzoo!attcan!uunet!tektronix!tekcrl!tekfdi!videovax!bill From: bill@videovax.Tek.COM (William K. McFadden) Newsgroups: sci.electronics Subject: Re: Radio Shack's bad name Keywords: Panasonic Message-ID: <5340@videovax.Tek.COM> Date: 29 Nov 88 00:16:02 GMT References: <17863@glacier.STANFORD.EDU> <1549@ssc.UUCP> <2795@kitty.UUCP> Reply-To: bill@videovax.Tek.COM (William K. McFadden) Organization: Tektronix Television Systems, Beaverton, Oregon Lines: 12