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Originally Posted by Tony Smith
An interesting suggestion was put to me recently regarding the Willys Jeep.
I was always led to understand that the name Willys as applying to MA and MB Jeeps, and the car company before the war, was pronounced as in Willy's, or Willies. It has been put to me by a Jeep enthusiast that it ought to be pronounced with the "Y" being an "I", as in Bruce Willis.
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Let's drag up an old thread.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HIBfU2lSfkY
At 1:09, Willis! (Older guy)
At 1:33, Willies (younger guy).