From: Glenn Shaw (wolf.star@verizon.net)
Date: Mon Oct 07 2002 - 08:44:45 PDT
----- Original Message -----
From: "Glenn Shaw" <wolf.star@verizon.net>
To: "Neil E. Amrhein" <neil@compu-powr.com>
Sent: Monday, October 07, 2002 10:26 AM
Subject: Re: [MV] Pronounce CCKW and CUCV
> Hi
> I hate to rain on the parade especially with all the well presented logic
> being thrown out but the CUCV is pronounced CUTVEE all over throughout the
> Army. There is a T in there as follows :
> "C"ommercial "UT"ility cargo "V"ehicle-cutvee.
>
> Glenn
> MVPA
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Neil E. Amrhein" <neil@compu-powr.com>
> To: "Military Vehicles Mailing List" <mil-veh@mil-veh.org>
> Sent: Thursday, October 03, 2002 10:28 AM
> Subject: Re: [MV] Pronounce CCKW and CUCV
>
>
> > I have to agree with Ron. Spell out CCKW and say CUC(K)-V. Where did
CUT-V
> > ever come from? I think, at some point in time, someone misunderstood
> CUCK-V
> > for CUT-V. If I say them both out loud, I can see (well, hear really)
the
> > confusion, but it still doesn't seem right, when the acronym has no "T"
in
> > it.
>
>
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