[AT] way-WAY off topic Toyota vs. Toyoda???

[Dave Merchant]

During WW-II, the US + Brits (via the Poles) cracked both the German + 
Japanese codes.

Reading the German codes produced a huge amount of actionable
intelligence, shortened the war, and saved thousands of lives.

Reading the Japanese codes produced cryptic references to folklore,
that had to be interpreted by someone who understood the culture.

Dave Merchant


At 02:35 PM 2/24/2010, you wrote:
>Toyota with a T can be written in Japanese in 8 brush strokes and 8 is a
>lucky number in Japan.
>
>Straight from Mr. Toyoda's mouth via Fox News
>
>Charlie
>----- Original Message -----
>From: "Indiana Robinson" <robinson46176 at gmail.com>
>To: "Antique tractor email discussion group" <at at lists.antique-tractor.com>
>Sent: Wednesday, February 24, 2010 10:56 AM
>Subject: Re: [AT] way-WAY off topic Toyota vs. Toyoda???
>
>
>On Wed, Feb 24, 2010 at 8:44 AM, Gene Dotson <gdotsly at watchtv.net> wrote:
> > Farmer;
> >
> > Farmer, are you on your way to Fort Meade?
> >
> > Don't have any comments on Toyota(da), but our family name of "Dotson"
> > ran the gamut form Dodd to Dodds to Dodson then Dobson and finally our
> > branch of Dotson. Much of the changes were due to a limited education of
> > immigrants from Virginia through eastern Kentucky and finally to Ohio.
> >
> > Gene
>==============================================
>
>
>
>
>No, I was never going down to that show. I was just wondering if it
>was warm enough down there to have it.
>-
>My paternal Robinson line was royally connected and in some cases
>silly wealthy (not sure where my share went) so they were all highly
>educated and the name stayed intact. We are related to General James
>Robertson, founder of Nashville and called the father of TN. That
>branch changed the spelling pretty early on. It was kind of funny
>during my genealogy research that a modern member of that line had sat
>up a family tree that while generally accurate when he got back to
>where the name was Robinson, he ignored all of the extensive recorded
>and published information. He changed the spelling to Robertson all
>the way back through centuries in England and back into Scotland as if
>it was always spelled that way.
>I had a maternal great grandfather who's last name was spelled
>Hobgood. He signed his marriage license like that but for some unknown
>reason he later started using Hopgood. He did so until he died but he
>is buried with his sister and her husband (last name Davis) back in NC
>and his grave stone says Hobgood...???
>
>
>
>--
>Have you hugged your horses today?
>
>Francis Robinson
>aka "farmer"
>Central Indiana USA
>robinson46176 at gmail.com
>
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