Re: useless info about car names
Wolfspirit, on host 206.47.244.92
Wednesday, May 17, 2000, at 18:41:33
Re: usless info about cars posted by Nyperold on Wednesday, May 17, 2000, at 16:26:13:
> > When did a Renault become a Reno? > > When did a Chevrolet become a Chevrolay? > > When did a Volkswagen become a Volkswaggon? > > When did a Saab become a Sob? > > When did a Porche become a Por-shhhhh? > > If Chrysler likes to name their cars after clouds, why don't they have one called Cumulo nimbus?
Hey, they've always been pronounced that way for *me*. Could be, of course, because I live in a N.American "euro-cosmopolitan" kind of city. But my sister-in-law is German, and she says even Germans argue about Porche is supposed to be pronounced.
Chrysler? Don't they have only one car that's named after a cloud... the Cirrus?
> > even that Korean car that sounds like Honda but I can't remember how it's spelled. Hundae, maybe > > Heck, that's just a start. I wonder how many scooters I've ridden. > > Howard > > Hyundai.
Yeah, Hyundai. Rhymes with "Sunday". I also think the Tiburon is a cool name and a cool car, especially if it's in silver. It even looks like a shark. :-)
Wolf "Remora" spirit
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