Hi Everyone!

[Nuuska]

Once more . . . How to pronounce GHOTI


GH as in enough
O as in women
TI as in nation

Quite clear - isn'tit . . .

 

[Midnight Toker]

Volkswagen (pronounced) "Folks-Vaggin" = Peoples' car. English inherited "folk" (as in 'Hey, folks!' or 'Folk music') from the German Volk. I think Germany may have inherited the Beetle from Ancient Egypt.

If you look in a Webster dictionary, there is a page on language origins. The English language has a direct line to Germanic...and then to Latin. Shakespearean English is very Germanic in structure. Right down to counting numbers, where you would say One and Fourty, not Fourty One. There are countless interchangeable words between the two languages, often w/ interchangeable hard consonants. Like T and Z, F and V, etc.

 

[chazmo]

Just stopping in because I had to haul the computer to an internet source to make some online payments and I really miss all of you.

I appreciate the concern over my absence. I'm hoping it wont be toooo much longer, but we'll see.

Good to hear from you, Cynthia.

 

[Rocky]

If Egyptian theory is true, the car could have wound up named the Volkswagen Scarab.

I thought naming one of my bands The Scarabs a good idea. After all, we kind of soundded like the Dung Beatles

 

[RBSinTo]

I thought naming one of my bands The Scarabs a good idea. After all, we kind of soundded like the Dung Beatles

Rocky,
The lads from Liverpool, the Beatles, to whom you refer never made music that sounded like dung.
RBSinTo

 

[Cougar]

Just stopping in....

OMG, it's Opsimath, LOL!

 

[Cougar]

And yet, I knew exactly what it meant! What does that say about me??

Me too. We're multi-lingual!

 

[davismanLV]

Me too. We're multi-lingual!

As Barbara Billingsley said on Airplane, "I speak Jive!!"

 

[davismanLV]

I'm sure when Cynthia gets back online, she'll enjoy our crazy antics..... I know I would!!

Veer? What's a veer??

 

[Cougar]

Veer? What's a veer??

I don't know, but I had an elk wandering around on my patio earlier.

 

[Rocky]

Rocky,
The lads from Liverpool, the Beatles, to whom you refer never made music that sounded like dung.
RBSinTo

More a comment on our abilities than theirs

 

[davismanLV]

I don't know, but I had an elk wandering around on my patio earlier.

Well, when you moved into the hood you knew who your neighbors would be, yeah?? LMAO!!

 

[JohnW63]

"And yet, I knew exactly what it meant! What does that say about me??"

You watched plenty of The Beverly Hillbillys and Andy Griffith shows.

 

[Cougar]

Well, when you moved into the hood you knew who your neighbors would be, yeah?? LMAO!!

First deer then a bear then turkeys, now ELK? What's this neighborhood coming to?

 

[spoox]

If Egyptian theory is true, the car could have wound up named the Volkswagen Scarab.

Well, there is the 1930s Stout Scarab...

 

[GGJaguar]

Well, there is the 1930s Stout Scarab...

A car fit for Gregor Samsa.

 

[Uke]

Well, there is the 1930s Stout Scarab...

Thanks for sharing. Now I want one!

 

[Midnight Toker]

^ Which side is even the front or the back of that car? That thing looks like a nightmare to drive. Horrible turning radius, like an old Rolls Royce! I’ve driven a Silver Cloud before and making a 10 pt turn w/ manual steering was no fun. I found the car to be a complete pile of junk in a fancy wrapper.

 

[spoox]

^ Which side is even the front or the back of that car? That thing looks like a nightmare to drive. Horrible turning radius, like an old Rolls Royce! I’ve driven a Silver Cloud before and making a 10 pt turn w/ manual steering was no fun. I found the car to be a complete pile of junk in a fancy wrapper.

The groundbreaking 1930s Stout Scarab was the first—and coolest—minivan - Hagerty Media

No one knew it at the time, but William B. Stout’s futuristic Scarab was the world’s first minivan, long before Dodge rolled out the Caravan.

www.hagerty.com

 

[Midnight Toker]

The groundbreaking 1930s Stout Scarab was the first—and coolest—minivan - Hagerty Media

No one knew it at the time, but William B. Stout’s futuristic Scarab was the world’s first minivan, long before Dodge rolled out the Caravan.

www.hagerty.com

Not sure about the “minivan” classification. Looks more like a bus. And if that’s the case, VW also beats out Dodge w/ manufacturing going back to 1949.