[TerrysSPF]

Turk: You took the words right out of my mouth

We have a house in Chicago ('Burb actually) and a vacation home in South Carolina 30 minutes north of Savannah. The cursing in Chicago is MUCH worse than what you hear in Savannah.
Sizzler: Were you having breakfast in downtown Savannah (along River St. perhaps?). I would bet money that the people cursing were midwesterners on vacation. About the only cursing I hear from the locals in Savannah are due to the vacationers being loud and obnoxious and disturbing their beautiful city.
They have a word for us northerners that vacation down there; they call us "Tourons". -Part tourist / part moron

As for the FE thing...............my money is on Ford Edsel. I had a friend that worked for Ford in the 80's and that's what his answer was. I work for a company where Ford is one of our biggest clients. I'll ask a few of my contacts @ Ford and see what they have to say.