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what dose "kafer" mean ...
Ok, i am sure somebody here will be able to tell me this one ...
the word "kafer" ... dose it mean beetle, in german ?
anybody ?
cheers :bounce
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Phil74Camper
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| posted on June 6th, 2003 at 02:00 AM |
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Exactly right. The German word for 'Beetle' is 'Käfer'. The VW was not sold officially in Germany with that name, although VW
does use it now to describe the Type 1 model.
In Holland they use a very similar word ' 'Kever'. The French call the Beetle the 'Coccinelle'. There are many other local
words around the world to describe the Beetle - just can't remember them at the moment!
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| posted on June 6th, 2003 at 02:10 AM |
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THANKS ! .... i can move on now 
Aerodynamics are for people who cant build engines - Enzo Ferrari
You buy a Ferrari when you want to be somebody, you buy a Lamborghini when you are somebody - Frank Sinatra
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| posted on June 6th, 2003 at 08:52 AM |
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Hold on not so quick.
The proper english spelling should be "kaefer" because of teh umlaut above the a.
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haugmichael
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| posted on June 6th, 2003 at 08:25 PM |
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I used to call them pregnant roller skates lol
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Pat
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| posted on June 11th, 2003 at 04:09 PM |
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I lived with a South African who said in Afrikaans it means "Outsider", or "Foreigner", are there any South Africans on this
forum?
Ooh, suits you sir!
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| posted on June 11th, 2003 at 04:41 PM |
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kaffa (not sure of spelling) is also african white-man speak for the blacks..
flies were called kaffer budgies..
i used to work with a south african white boy...
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Pat
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| posted on June 11th, 2003 at 05:09 PM |
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That's what I was told, the Afrikaans consider the blacks foreigners. Doesn't really make sense, but then again neither does our attitude
towards our indigenous people.
Ooh, suits you sir!
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| posted on June 11th, 2003 at 06:54 PM |
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Oh please, don't go there!!! :o:o:o
Kruizin Kol
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