Mogett'ymologie

Mogett'ymologie

by Marcel d'Oggerel

C'est quoi une mogette?
(It rhymes with courgette)
Well, you've heard of haricot-(z)?
Eh bien les amis
C'est la même chose...

You will mainly find them in the Ouest de la France.
The local lingo, also calls them "Lingots".

Mogettes are couleur d'ivoire
And so is this little motor-car.
How much simpler could it be:
Une leçon de Mogett'ymologie

Now click on the pic if you'd like to see how three of Mogette's
ancestors were recovered in 1997, after almost 60 years' hiding in an attic, on the eve of the fiftieth anniversary of the 2CV's 1948 Paris motor-show début...