Re: [CR] Product names--Tange Levin?

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Date: Mon, 20 Jul 2009 18:16:35 -0400
Thread-Topic: Re: [CR] Product names--Tange Levin?
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From: "Silver, Mordecai" <MSilver@iso.com>
To: Classic Rendezvous <classicrendezvous@bikelist.org>
Cc: David Feldman <feldmanbike@yahoo.com>
Subject: Re: [CR] Product names--Tange Levin?

David Feldman asked: " So, how did this popular (and still manufactured) Japanese headset end up with a Jewish-sounding name? I have always wondered about that one."

"Levin" is an archaic English word for lightning.

I used to wonder what a "Lanner" is (as in the DID Lanner or Super Lanner chain), but apparently it's a kind of falcon: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lanner_Falcon.

Mordecai Silver New York, NY USA

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