"Dave Plowman (News)" wrote:

In article ,
Michael A. Terrell wrote:
Matsu****a came up with the Panasonic name when they entered the US
market, to sound "More American". They felt the use of Matsu****a would
hurt sales because it didn't look or sound "American"

In the UK we have one chain of electrical dealers whose own brand name is
Japanese sounding. I think they should have called it Lucas. ;-)

Don't forget they had both Saisho and Matsui.

Graham