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Re: Volkswagen Originalteil

#11

I once was assigned to a project at Volkswagen and had the opportunity to eat at their canteen. First of all, the quality of the canteen at Volkswagen is top notch, every day you could a wide variety of meals, a lot of different vegetables and salads. The only meal that was the same every day was the Currywurst made with the original Volkswagen sausage and fries. They even sold them prepackaged at the canteen. With V…

I don't know at which plant you worked at, but that sadly is not true anymore. They are still being sold pre-packaged, there even was a vegan sausage once, I sadly did not buy it and since then I have never seen it again.

Re: Volkswagen Originalteil

#13
Contains a typical spelling mistake you find suprisingly often in English text when using German words.

Swapping 'ie' to 'ei'. In this case 'Weiner' (wrong, someone who is crying) instead of 'Wiener' (correct, a type of sausage). One I've seen the other day is 'Kreigsmarine' instead of 'Kriegsmarine'.

Anyone knows why this happens?

Re: Volkswagen Originalteil

#14

Contains a typical spelling mistake you find suprisingly often in English text when using German words. Swapping 'ie' to 'ei'. In this case 'Weiner' (wrong, someone who is crying) instead of 'Wiener' (correct, a type of sausage). One I've seen the other day is 'Kreigsmarine' instead of 'Kriegsmarine'. Anyone knows why this happens?

ie and ei is a homophone?

Re: Volkswagen Originalteil

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post #3

I might try and order these from my local VW garage spares counter to see what they say when the description comes up on the computer. It's probably a standard replacement part for the fridge in a California campervan. It's probably used if (...wait for it...) you go banger racing! Sorry, that joke is the wurst I could come up with.

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Re: Volkswagen Originalteil

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post #14

Contains a typical spelling mistake you find suprisingly often in English text when using German words. Swapping 'ie' to 'ei'. In this case 'Weiner' (wrong, someone who is crying) instead of 'Wiener' (correct, a type of sausage). One I've seen the other day is 'Kreigsmarine' instead of 'Kriegsmarine'. Anyone knows why this happens?

ie and ei is a homophone?

No, listen to them on wikitionary: https://en.m.wiktionary.org/wiki/Wiener https://en.m.wiktionary.org/wiki/Wein

Re: Volkswagen Originalteil

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post #14

Contains a typical spelling mistake you find suprisingly often in English text when using German words. Swapping 'ie' to 'ei'. In this case 'Weiner' (wrong, someone who is crying) instead of 'Wiener' (correct, a type of sausage). One I've seen the other day is 'Kreigsmarine' instead of 'Kriegsmarine'. Anyone knows why this happens?

ie and ei is a homophone?

Not in German. "ie" means just a long "i", "Krieg" is pronounced "Kreeg". "ei" ist pronounced like "ay" in "aye aye captain". So "Teil" is "Tayl".

Re: Volkswagen Originalteil

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post #14

Contains a typical spelling mistake you find suprisingly often in English text when using German words. Swapping 'ie' to 'ei'. In this case 'Weiner' (wrong, someone who is crying) instead of 'Wiener' (correct, a type of sausage). One I've seen the other day is 'Kreigsmarine' instead of 'Kriegsmarine'. Anyone knows why this happens?

ie and ei is a homophone?

Not in german

Re: Volkswagen Originalteil

#20

Contains a typical spelling mistake you find suprisingly often in English text when using German words. Swapping 'ie' to 'ei'. In this case 'Weiner' (wrong, someone who is crying) instead of 'Wiener' (correct, a type of sausage). One I've seen the other day is 'Kreigsmarine' instead of 'Kriegsmarine'. Anyone knows why this happens?

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