toomanyhelicopters wrote:

only here wrote:i got a short list of some more abbreviations and acronyms that evolved into phonetically spelled words:

government P => jeep

you seem to have misspelled "general purpose" as "government P"!

the word "jeep" came from a sound, a spoken interpretation of "GP", which stands for "general purpose", which was the use of the vehicle.

tmh, i know you are mr. 4runner around here. that may be why you overlooked this:
GP Never stood for 'General Purpose' !!! THIS IS THE MIS-INFO. It is Ford Factory Terminology. All vehicles Ford built for the government started with a 'G' for Government. Following was a letter which stood for the wheelbase. GA, GB, GC, GD, GE, etc, getting longer each time.
P stands for 80" wheelbase.
http://members.aol.com/WW2JeepMBGPW/Pho ... ameDoc.jpg

justin from queens, those are interesting acronymns sure enough... but they haven't evolved into phonetically spelled new words:
S.N.A.F.U. => essenayfoo?
F.U.G.A.Z.I. => effyugy azy eye? effigy lazy eye?
we could spend all day discussing cool acronyms that are also words, but that's a slightly different topic. and it would take forever.

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I submit to the others here that you crossed that line with Humvee. It's a grey area, but you've crossed it.

If you want to throw down on this, I will caution you: I am an amoral assassin when I must be. To show that I am serious I am including a picture of Vlad the Impaler. Let it serve as a warning:



This is a chilling post, I know.

= Justin

only here wrote:tmh, i know you are mr. 4runner around here. that may be why you overlooked this:
GP Never stood for 'General Purpose' !!! THIS IS THE MIS-INFO. It is Ford Factory Terminology. All vehicles Ford built for the government started with a 'G' for Government. Following was a letter which stood for the wheelbase. GA, GB, GC, GD, GE, etc, getting longer each time.
P stands for 80" wheelbase.
http://members.aol.com/WW2JeepMBGPW/Pho ... ameDoc.jpg

i learned my version in a PBS documentary about the history of trucks. searching the net, i come up with numerous sources that claim either version.

the document you've linked to does nothing to show that ford didn't choose the convention to go along with the name of the popeye character (eugene the jeep) which many sources claim to be the true origin of the name. a popeye cartoon.

this is truly one of life's greatest mysteries. like who would win in a fight between bigfoot, the loch ness monster, and some bees.

toomanyhelicopters wrote:this is truly one of life's greatest mysteries. like who would win in a fight between bigfoot, the loch ness monster, and some bees.

I actually tried to think about this, and it caused me to have a mentasm.

Thanks tmh you have succesfully broken my mind.

toomanyhelicopters wrote:

only here wrote:tmh, i know you are mr. 4runner around here. that may be why you overlooked this:
GP Never stood for 'General Purpose' !!! THIS IS THE MIS-INFO. It is Ford Factory Terminology. All vehicles Ford built for the government started with a 'G' for Government. Following was a letter which stood for the wheelbase. GA, GB, GC, GD, GE, etc, getting longer each time.
P stands for 80" wheelbase.
http://members.aol.com/WW2JeepMBGPW/Pho ... ameDoc.jpg

i learned my version in a PBS documentary about the history of trucks. searching the net, i come up with numerous sources that claim either version.

yes, but none of the sources that mention both versions go on to claim general purpose. the general purpose camp is ignorant of this rather convincing ford document.

the document you've linked to does nothing to show that ford didn't choose the convention to go along with the name of the popeye character (eugene the jeep) which many sources claim to be the true origin of the name. a popeye cartoon.

that's because eugene the jeep was not ever known as eugene the GP. these trucks [even if they were an homage to eugene. i am not claiming either way] were once called GP's. now we can say why.

this can all end if you just compliment my spelling and never mess with me again.

This thread is FUBAR:
Fucked Up Beyond All Repair
but it still kind of makes me want to have sex with all of you...

These are the kind of threads that I miss. I wish this board was still "pre-Walter" and didn't have so many stupid-ass people here. I'm hoping and praying that they get bored, frustrated, and leave thereby returning this board to it's natural balance.

Justin from Queens wrote:Placeholder -

I submit to the others here that you crossed that line with Humvee. It's a grey area, but you've crossed it.

If you want to throw down on this, I will caution you: I am an amoral assassin when I must be. To show that I am serious I am including a picture of Vlad the Impaler. Let it serve as a warning:

This is a chilling post, I know.

= Justin

Holy crap! I haven't even participated in this thread!

It is too early for me to think of a joke about being "impaled", but the joke is probably there!

Did I sat Placeholder?

I meant to say Only Here.

But ... uh ... consider yourself on notice.

= Justin

only here wrote:that's because eugene the jeep was not ever known as eugene the GP. these trucks [even if they were an homage to eugene. i am not claiming either way] were once called GP's. now we can say why.

I'm fairly certain I remember reading a Popeye history book that claims the character was named after the vehicle, not vice versa. I've never heard anyone claim that the vehicle was named after the character before this thread.