"Just Jeepin'" (macintux)
03/22/2020 at 21:15 • Filed to: Jeep, Rants
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"Just Jeepin'" (macintux)
03/22/2020 at 21:15 • Filed to: Jeep, Rants | 5
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Update : well, it turns out that my email was effective. I received a much more polite reply than my original message perhaps deserved.
They didn’t take my suggested alternative text, but rather chopped the phrase down.
Here’s what it looked like when it arrived (and no, sadly, they didn’t fix “by product” ).
Now that I look more closely, that undercarriage is pretty weird looking. Where’s the pumpkin? This is, to my mind, why a more abstract rendering is better: the more detail you put into a sketch, the more glaring any omissions/mistakes.
But, I can’t get too upset with them: at least they used a TJ instead of a JK...or, heaven forfend, a JK with an angry grille.
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I like this company’s occasional Jeep-themed apparel, if not its testosterone-driven political slant and website that makes it nearly impossible to browse its designs, but this affront shall not stand!
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The email I sent:
Of course I’m going to buy the Adventurer, but as a Jeep historian I have to point out that there’s no such thing as a “Willy”. The company was called “Willys” not because of any possessive “Willy’s” but because the founder’s last name was Willys.
Also “its” not “it’s”.
So it should read: “Iconic 7-slot grille, an homage to its predecessor, the Willys CJ”
(The wartime Willys MB/Ford GPW had 9 slots, after Ford redesigned the original mesh grille. It wasn’t until after the war that Willys moved to 7 slots.)
facw
> Just Jeepin'
02/24/2020 at 21:18 |
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And to be clear, Willys was pronounced “Willis”
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Just Jeepin'
> facw
02/24/2020 at 21:19 |
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I didn’t want to complicate matters even further, but I did consider throwing that in there.
SiennaMan
> Just Jeepin'
02/24/2020 at 21:21 |
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Also, there is such a thing as a "willy", but it's nothing to do with Jeeps..
QCGoose
> Just Jeepin'
02/24/2020 at 21:25 |
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Oof, that’s bad. Embarassingly bad.
Kinda reminds me of the “Ferari” shirt with the Mustang logo ... Only that one's, ya know, on purpose.
ranwhenparked
> facw
02/24/2020 at 21:27 |
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Yeah, but its one of those things where the incorrect pronunciation has become so commonplace, it almost sounds pretentious to say it correctly. Like with Pall Mall cigarettes, it used to grate on me when I was calling on retail accounts and heard customers out front asking for “paul mauls”, but you get over it.
ClassicDatsunDebate
> QCGoose
02/24/2020 at 21:32 |
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Ive got that shirt and I love the look on ‘enthusiasts’ faces when they do a double take.
shop-teacher
> Just Jeepin'
02/24/2020 at 21:57 |
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This is excellent pedantry and grammar policing . I like your ideas, and wish to subscribe to your newsletter.
David Tracy
> facw
02/24/2020 at 21:58 |
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I pronounce it Will-eez. Even Willys Overland itself had commercials with that pronunciation, so it's fine.
Urambo Tauro
> Just Jeepin'
02/24/2020 at 21:59 |
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Also, “BY PRODUCT” should be one word, or at least hyphenated.
MM54
> SiennaMan
02/24/2020 at 22:09 |
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Oughtn’t have seven slots in it, either
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Just Jeepin'
> Urambo Tauro
02/25/2020 at 06:59 |
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Good catch. I think I subconsciously noted that before I got to “Willy” but it got lost in my rage.
415s30 W123TSXWaggoIIIIIIo ( •_•))°)
> facw
03/22/2020 at 21:24 |
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Yeah that pisses me off, even though I have a Dodge WC and not a Joop, but it still bugs me.
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415s30 W123TSXWaggoIIIIIIo ( •_•))°)
> Just Jeepin'
03/22/2020 at 21:25 |
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And Bantam came up with it, then Ford and Willys ran away with it and gave Bantam the trailer contract. They couldn’t have built that many so it was necessary . I still think it’s funny the current Jeep maker has nothing to do with the originals and more to do with my Dodge WC truck.
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Just Jeepin'
> 415s30 W123TSXWaggoIIIIIIo ( •_•))°)
03/22/2020 at 21:29 |
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The fact that the manufacturing still happens in Toledo after all these generations has to mean something , right?
Jeep definitely has had many, many owners over the years.
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415s30 W123TSXWaggoIIIIIIo ( •_•))°)
> Just Jeepin'
03/22/2020 at 21:32 |
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Y eah maybe! I just find it funny they are so gung ho about the grille etc.. and Ford was the one who redesigned it to be easy to stamp like that.