Re: [T3] my newest toy...

[Jens Vagelpohl <jens@type4.org>]

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On May 16, 2005, at 00:19, Dave Hall wrote:
> I suppose Marino yellow may have been a registered colour, trade  
> mark or
> something in the USA.  I don't think it would have been changed due to
> Marinablau / Marinogelb confusion just in the USA.  I'm not sure  
> what marino
> means in German - it doesn't sound very yellow as a word to me.   
> Just to add to
> the confusion Marineblau is navy blue (about 1990 VW colour).   The  
> Germans are
> good engineers but not the most imaginative when it comes to naming  
> things! (no
> offence intended).

No offense taken, you're probably right ;)  Brings up one of these  
jokes of what hell looks like, with french engineers, british cooks,  
german comedians, etc.

jens

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