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Originally Posted by Romanator21
Then why not "LiGiG"?
I could be wrong, but I think it's nothing more than a coincidence.
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MiG in Russian sounds like "meeg"
"M and G" would sound like "em ee geh"
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Indeed you could well be right.
Although a bit of digging comes up with La as Lavochkin Association, though that could be a later development.
Plays on words could well be the answer, not to mention how different companies choose how to name their products.
Sukhoi for instance, Cy-25, Su-25.
Its entirely possible the Mi in MiG could be Mikoyan based.
Микоян и Гуревич - Mikoyan and Gurevich - МиГ - MiG
Russian has a case system, very significant coincidence in my mind, perhaps too significant: и is pronounced like the i in itch or big, M is the same as the english M, Г is a g sound like goal or gutter.
Food for thought.
(em ee geh? do you say buh em wuh for BMW? there are different more suitable ways to pronounce anything)