Voltswagen of America

Post by natch » Tue, Mar 30, 2021, 3:51 PM UTC

tchalla wrote: post #137

sillyquiet wrote: post #72

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Americans are pronouncing it perfectly correctly as most of us speak English and not German.

It is respectful to at least attempt to pronounce names from different cultures. In many cases, I totally understand it is difficult. In those cases, an attempt is great. In this case, the syllable F exists in Latin and I don't see why it. I must say, I have seen many many times a lack of interest to even attempt to pronounce of even write a name properly. One example which comes to my mind is Ghandi instead of Gandh…

Post by xattt » Tue, Mar 30, 2021, 3:51 PM UTC

minxomat wrote: post #25

MattGaiser wrote: post #19

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Mistake? Look at all the coverage they are getting when they would otherwise be lost in a crowd.

Maybe they grew tired of Americans pronouncing it wrong (most V are still pronounced as F, Vettel, Volkswagen etc.) ;-) Edit: This German apologizes for an attempt at a humorous / sarcastic comment and will revert to work-machine state at once. Beep boop.

Post by tejohnso » Tue, Mar 30, 2021, 3:52 PM UTC

kbos87 wrote: post #179

I previously owned a VW, but swore on my life that I'd never buy another one after the emissions cheating scandal. There are plenty of reasons why a VW likely wont be my next choice, but I'm softening my stance a bit. What they did was absolutely reprehensible, but I later learned that the more accurate story is that they bore the brunt of media attention for something that nearly every auto manufacturer was later fo…

Post by devy » Tue, Mar 30, 2021, 3:52 PM UTC

agrafix wrote: post #4

Hmm did they release their April 1 joke too early by mistake?

Post by reaperducer » Tue, Mar 30, 2021, 3:53 PM UTC

oblio wrote: post #2

This is funny, yet ridiculous :-)) Their brand is so tainted in the US that they're renaming it. I imagine it's going to be the only place they'll do it.