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Re: Voltswagen of America

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post #390

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Well you claimed that Americans are pronouncing it "perfectly correctly," and Germans might disagree. It's a German word which has been Americanized. The company mostly doesn't care, but there is a single correct pronunciation in their native language. Insisting you are correct mispronouncing a foreign word because the letters look a certain way is just hubris.

Americans are pronouncing the English word Volkswagen perfectly correctly yes. BECAUSE THEY ARE SPEAKING ENGLISH

Either...

A) It's not an English word, it's a name. A German name.

or

B) You're misspelling it. The English (at least the American) word you're looking for is "Volkswagon".

Re: Voltswagen of America

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>...they bore the brunt of media attention for something that nearly every auto manufacturer was later found to be doing... Car manufacturers any company really tries to get away with whatever they can until until caught. Here in Canada the latest news is Honda vehicles without any heat. People are driving in -20C or lower with no heater. It's the terribly outdated laws we have in Canada some laws haven't been update…

> Here in Canada we get "Hey your engine's gonna blow. Sorry" It seems that there isn't even the 'sorry' part. I wonder what the design is like: generic light? icon? a "do not check engine" light?

The light should be a big dollar sign: $
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