Monday, June 21, 2004
Why George? |
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When I first laid eyes on the then-blue Beetle, I noticed that the letters on his number plate were an intriguing combination.
JG
Though many people would pronounce those two letters as "Jag" or "Jog" or "Jug", I immediately saw the combination of letters as "Jorge". Jorge is a Spanish name and the correct pronounciation for it, I am led to believe, is "Hore-Hey".
But somehow, Jorge didn't seem right for this little Bug. Jorge sounded Latino... and this little car was far from anything Ricky Martin-related. So I decided to go the phonetical route, and simply call him, George.
And that is how I knew that the car's name was George. It was as if he had been trying to tell me all along.
Ted Mahsun at 12:48 AM
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