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"Reg Edwards" wrote:

But to avoid an international incident, it should be stated the ordinary
engineering educated Englishman quite understands the meaning of "Cadillac"
although he may not have the foggiest idea of where the name came from. Was
it named after a red-indian tribe such as Cincinatti or Detroit?

Debunking mode ON

Cincinnati, Ohio (not Cincinatti) was named not after what we in Canada
call a First Nation but instead after the Society of the Cincinnati, an
organization formed after the American War of Revolution (1776 and all
that). The organization was composed of former American Army officers.
The Society of Cincinnati, in turn, took its name from Lucius (Titus)
Quinctius Cincinnatus, a farmer and former consul who was asked to leave
his fields to become dictator to defend Rome against outsiders, in 458
BC. Under his command Rome's enemies were defeated, and 16 days later he
returned to his farm.

Cadillac, Michigan was named after Antoine Laumet de La Mothe Cadillac,
a Frenchman established a settlement near what is now Detroit, Michigan,
in 1701, and the automobile was named after either the city or the
French settler.

Debunking mode OFF

David
(1) born in Cincinnati, Ohio in 1935
(2) licenced as W8EZE in that city in 1949
(3) learned about Cincinnatus in grade school
(4) wishes that certain US politicians would just return to their
ranches where they could only harm rattlesnakes and cactus plants

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David Ryeburn

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