Re: [doc] DeLorean/De Lorean thing

[Alex Gant <alex@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Hate, to be a pain but I'm fairly certain that 'de' in French means  
'of' and not 'the'. This would make the late great JZD John of Lorean.

Oh no I can feel myself turning into the comic-book guy from The  
Simpsons!

-Alex.


On 6 Apr 2005, at 15:42, Troy Knight wrote:

>
> Yeah Chris, just like in the 17th century (or some time like that)  
> most of the population of uk were called John or Peter so they didn't  
> have last names and were named after their jobs or abbilities like  
> "John the Thatcher" "Peter the Smith" "John the Tall" and so on, So  
> "Lorean" could mean a job?
>
> Just a little bit of history for you.
>
> Your Pal
> Troy
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>   JZD was of Romanian origins yet his name (not sure where I heard  
> this) has
>   French origins too.  De Lorean with 'De' meaning 'The' in French  
> brings us
>   to John The Lorean.
>
>   Surely there can be no more mileage in this thread :)
>
>   Chris Hawes
>   Lorean #5255 (aircon nearly back together)
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