[Northkeep] Does This Mean..

[Chuck Kaun]

correct, the W is pronounced like a v, but the reverse is also true.  
Volkswagen in english is Wolksvagen in Deutsch.  and I believe die is the 
correct usage for automobiles so it would be......  von die Wolksvagen

:)

Karl, the one who knows too many useless factoids and other elusive crud.


"Wisdom begins in wonder" - Socrates



>From: "Graue, Chris" <Chris.Graue at benham.com>
>Reply-To: The Barony of Northkeep <northkeep at ansteorra.org>
>To: "The Barony of Northkeep" <northkeep at ansteorra.org>
>Subject: RE: [Northkeep] Does This Mean..
>Date: Wed, 8 Dec 2004 16:43:17 -0600
>
>Oh, if ONLY I could find proof that wagen  COULD be used with volks in
>period, you might be on to something there! Gise von Volkswagen... Hmmm,
>hard to say Von Volks... And would one pronounce the wagen as Vagen? Von
>VolksVagen? Hmmmm... May be a bit much... Actually, Von der Volkswagen
>might be more accurate (whatever the gender, Der Die oder Das... See why
>I barely passed German?)
>
>Chris (definitely "of the VW", but not so much "cute", despite the
>sticker on my Cabriolet reading "Cute but kinda strange"... Although
>what you said does sound hilarious! And by the way, it's always good to
>be goofy)
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: Val
>
>Does this mean, then, that we need to address Chris as "Her Cuteness,
>Chris of the VW" ??
>
>Val (feeling a bit goofier than normal, and I mean no ill will to any)
>
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