Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Path: utzoo!linus!genrad!decvax!microsof!fluke!ssc-vax!uw-beaver!tektronix!tekchips!toma From: toma@tekchips.UUCP Newsgroups: net.jokes Subject: Re: Exxon Message-ID: <218@tekchips.UUCP> Date: Wed, 29-Jun-83 07:37:12 EDT Article-I.D.: tekchips.218 Posted: Wed Jun 29 07:37:12 1983 Date-Received: Fri, 1-Jul-83 14:41:03 EDT Lines: 7 I understand that "ENCO" is "stalled car" in Japanese. The company that is now EXXON wanted a single global name and couldn't use "ESSO" because of anti-trust legislation (when Standard Oil was broken up many years ago). They used the name "ENCO" in most places where they couldn't use "ESSO". The name "EXXON" was sellected because it had no meaning in any known language yet looked alot like their old names.