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[mikethompson]

Yes. ?

Folks-Vahgen

AKA the “People’s Venture”

People's Car

 

[BROBS]

People's Car

It’s sort of a double entendres really. Same word. So clever to a German.

 

[jttnk]

I am a big fan of the fah vay “Peoples Car.” Even if the originating people were not fans of my people ?. I’m on my 6th.

 

[agnosticpipe]

 

[anotherbob]

Fow-en it is. The name is an acronym for Vereinigte Pfeifenfabriken Nürnberg (United Pipe Factories Nuremberg), and the alphabet spelling for V is "Vau" (fow), so VN would be spelled "Vau EN".

Interesting to read that Anglophones also have difficulties with German spelling. We never get why it's Kaen-saes but Ar-kaen-saw...

because those aren't really English words. The State of Kansas - An Introduction to the Sunflower State from NETSTATE.COM - https://www.netstate.com/states/intro/ks_intro.htm#:~:text=THE%20STATE%20NAME%3A,shares%20its%20origins%20with%20Kansas. No explanation though for why their website looks the way it does.

 

[anotherbob]

I am a big fan of the fah vay “Peoples Car.” Even if the originating people were not fans of my people ?. I’m on my 6th.

well the car probably killed more of their people then your people. At least when they where still an "official" thing. So maybe you can consider it a type of inside saboteur from back in the day.

 

[jpmcwjr]

And w is pronounced vee, right? So, Volkswagen is Folksvagen?

Ja.

 

[bnichols23]

Ja.

Ist das nicht ein volleyball??

 

[Akousticplyr]

I'm in the "Stevie Ray" pronunciation camp....

 

[jpmcwjr]

Ist das nicht ein volleyball??

Most likely!

 

[mikethompson]

I've never heard as VW meaning the peoples venture before, but I'm sure there are lots of things I've never heard before.

As this has turned into a pronunciation thread, what confuses me is when a trendy new product doesn't have any vowels in its name, or when numbers are substituted for letters.

Jst l1ke ths

 

[madox07]

Think it's pronounced something like Fow-en.

That's a pretty cool video ... I didn't know this guy.

 

[Spavilla]

This fellow has a very interesting English accent. Can’t really put a finger on it, but it sounds like he learned English from someone from the southern United States. It reminds me about the time many years ago when a visiting priest came from the Philippines to speak at our local Parish. He was a very Filipino looking, but I almost laughed out loud when he greeted us with “Ina da name of the fatha...” Turns our he had learned his English from a native Italian at the Vatican. Fortunately for me I understood him perfectly, having come from an immigrant Italian-American family.

 

[Duke of Erinmore]

This fellow has a very interesting English accent. Can’t really put a finger on it, but it sounds like he learned English from someone from the southern United States. It reminds me about the time many years ago when a visiting priest came from the Philippines to speak at our local Parish. He was a very Filipino looking, but I almost laughed out loud when he greeted us with “Ina da name of the fatha...” Turns our he had learned his English from a native Italian at the Vatican. Fortunately for me I understood him perfectly, having come from an immigrant Italian-American family.

In Germany it's quite common to spend a year on a US highschool. A classmate of mine was gone for a year to (I believe Ann Arbor,) Michigan. When she returned, two things had changed: a) perfectly shaven armpits (at that time it was not yet so common in Germany) and b) a thick US accent.

And for accents - people always tell me I have a Dutch accent when I speak English, because I work for a Netherlands-based company and almost all people I speak English with on a daily basis are Dutch.

 

[BROBS]

This fellow has a very interesting English accent. Can’t really put a finger on it, but it sounds like he learned English from someone from the southern United States. It reminds me about the time many years ago when a visiting priest came from the Philippines to speak at our local Parish. He was a very Filipino looking, but I almost laughed out loud when he greeted us with “Ina da name of the fatha...” Turns our he had learned his English from a native Italian at the Vatican. Fortunately for me I understood him perfectly, having come from an immigrant Italian-American family.

I belive it's a Dutch-English accent.

 

[3rdguy]

He has been around awhile. I like his videos where he films for several minutes then says “OH....Hello there!“ like he didn't know the camera was rolling lol.

 

[lawdawg]

I must just look European as in France and Germany people kept coming up to me and speaking to me as if I would understand. An older man in a park in Berlin told me a long story before I had the heart to tell him I only spoke English. He told me of his childhood and in this park they would have huge Easter Egg hunts every year... in the pre-WW2 years.

I had the same experience in Germany @BROBS

Same here. As I'm sure everyone knows, most Europeans think we are loud and pushy, and they also note us for wearing certain types of clothes, especially shorts as well as athletic / basketball shoes. Basically, if you appear somewhat (comparatively) reserved, are not constantly speaking to everyone around you, and don't wear shorts or basketball shoes, then they won't know the difference on first impression.

 

[lawdawg]

And also, +1 one on all this business about how the Germans pronounce the letter "V" in their words. I minored in German in college, but I fear my spoken German is about as good as @mso489 's French

 

[goldenmole]

This fellow has a very interesting English accent. Can’t really put a finger on it, but it sounds like he learned English from someone from the southern United States. It reminds me about the time many years ago when a visiting priest came from the Philippines to speak at our local Parish. He was a very Filipino looking, but I almost laughed out loud when he greeted us with “Ina da name of the fatha...” Turns our he had learned his English from a native Italian at the Vatican. Fortunately for me I understood him perfectly, having come from an immigrant Italian-American family.

As an (exile) German I must say his English irritates the shit out of me . Otherwise interesting stuff in parts.. so I really tried. The best is how YouTube's auto subtitles has major issues with his accent as well!

 

[BROBS]

As an (exile) German I must say his English irritates the shit out of me .

curious how so?
the accent?