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Katherine’s latest pastime during our various drives about town is identifying car brands. She recognizes the Ford blue oval, and the Honda “H” and the Toyota “flying saucers” (“like Mommy’s car!”), the Lexus “L” (“like Nono and Nona’s car!”) and a few others, but she’s most proud of recognizing both the star cluster logo and spelled-out “SUBARU” that is so common in these parts.<\/p>\n
I’ve never been a big car guy, but it’s a keen thing for Katherine to learn, and she gets a big kick out of it.<\/p>\n
A bit of automotive trivia from Subaru’s web site:<\/p>\n
“SUBARU” is a Japanese word meaning “unite,” as well as a term identifying a cluster of six stars, with the Greeks called the Pleiades — part of the Taurus constellation. According to Greek mythology, Atlas’ daughters turned into this group of stars. In 1953, five Japanese companies merged to form Fuji Heavy Industries Ltd. The new corporation adopted the “Subaru” cluster of stars as the official logo for its line of automobiles.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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