29-07-2021, 10:29 PM
(29-07-2021, 06:02 PM)Duncan Grimmond Wrote: I only recently discovered that "Chitty chitty bang bang " was Tommy slang in 1914-18 for a permit to visit the knocking shop, a chitty for a bang...
No wonder Ian Fleming had a reputation as a bit of a DOM!
Duncan. It's not certain that is the origin of the name. Lou initially wanted the car to be named " Cascara Sagrada " after a laxative but was dropped after it was thought it might offend the ladies ! Another explanation of the name was that it resembled the sound of the slow tick over of an engine of 23 litres.
I think we will never know!