MiG - Whats in a name?

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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.

EDIT:

MiG in Russian sounds like "meeg"

"M and G" would sound like "em ee geh"

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)