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Glad I am not the only one, for some reason I assumed it was Japanese. I think it's because the name really doesn't sound American at all.
by belval 5y ago
Glad I am not the only one, for some reason I assumed it was Japanese. I think it's because the name really doesn't sound American at all.
- yborg 5y agoAccording to company legend, the name was a combination of "Motor" and "Victrola"; the company founder Paul Galvin made some of the earliest car radios, and the Victrola brand name was well-known at the time for its phonographs.