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Thanks for the input folks! One good use for SPAM (in the can) is in with the winter emergency stuff in the car. If you get stuck in a storm it's a handy thing to have along if you haven't access to MREs (Meals ready to eat.) I cannot understand why people keep the winter emergency stuff in the trunk (boot) ! If you are stuck in a storm-be it snow, ice, or whatever - you need that stuff where you can get at it. Hence mine is in an old tote bag on the floor of the back seat. Or don't you have worries like that where you live? And why am I rattling on? and what has this to do with words? I'm shutting up now.  I heard that!
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guess the BBC was having a bit of fun with us USns. Who'd a thunk it of the staid BBC ?
The alternative explanation is that this etymology was popularly believed in Britain during WWII, and the producers thought it unlikely that a British grocer of that time would know the true etymology.
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