ok just a few instances of the language spoken by vw owners
1. baja... dont ever pronounce this bager, barger or simular make sure its baha less you be frowned upon with great intensity.
even though the yanks cant be bothered to learn any aussie words correctly and really dont seem to like south americans anyway
2. never call an independent rear suspension system that only has one joint per axle and moves through an ark" irs"
even though the rear suspension moves independently these shall be deemed "swingaxle"
the term irs is reserved for rear suspensions that are double jointed and therefore have lateral movement
3. never refer to any motor that uses air to cool the water in it "air cooled" these engines are to be called "water cooled"
motors that use air to cool the oil in them are to be called "air cooled" makes you wonder what ever happened to oil cooled
i rekon these terms date back to the vw's close relationship with people who had good lsd and heaps of ganja in doses high enough to justify themselves to any other tripper
anyone else have any????
fuchs aka the lovely porsche rims = "fooks" not "fooshes"
is porsche porsh or porsha? The people who say porshya... argh
is it 'Folik-svagen' or 'Volks-wahgen'?
You know what I mean
i always get hung up on t3 / type 3, 2 totally different vehicles, but when i say abot my t3 alot of people ask which type, and when i reply caravelle "oh i thought you meant notch or square back!" in the uk the T3 is better known as a T25, lifes easy!!
and as for BAHA??? whats that? its spelt B-A-J-A with a real life J, i'm not mexican or french, (MECHIO)
do you call ninjas NINHAAS??
i can see that upsetting a few!
3 1959 cadillacs
1 musso
2 early notchbacks
2 split kombis
2 split panels
1 split ute
1 low light panel
1 ex-pmg bay
1 country buggy
1 beetle ute
1 14" syncro caravelle
1 16" syncro doka
1 golf cabrio
1 vw camper trailer
2 3meter bombs
how about "dropped spindles" these spindles actually sit up further from the ground to give that lowered look
so the spindles are actually raised on the cast:duh
Porsche pronounce it "porsha"
I've always pronounced baja the way it's spelt
Well my friends are gone & my hair is grey, I ache in the places where I used to play.
I hate it when people try to germanise their accent to say Volkswagen especially on the VW Australia ads. They say "Volks Vagen".
Germans swap the sound of their V and their W, so it should come out as "WolksVagen"
Matt.
