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Subject: [OM] Re: Ashley Northamptonshire #3
From: edunbar@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Date: Wed, 28 Apr 2004 22:24:19 -0400
On Wednesday 28 April 2004 11:44, you wrote:
> As you wish Winsor.... I wonder where the name came from.
>
> Chris

The name was created by marketing folks for the rapeseed oil industry in 
Canada, IIRC.  Hence Can (Canadian) ola (oil).  Hope this isn't urban legend, 
I do remember reading this.  It was not an issue in Canada, but the American 
market was resistant to the original (true) name.

Earl


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