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.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.
Good to hear from you, Cynthia.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.
I thought naming one of my bands The Scarabs a good idea. After all, we kind of soundded like the Dung BeatlesIf Egyptian theory is true, the car could have wound up named the Volkswagen Scarab.
Rocky,I thought naming one of my bands The Scarabs a good idea. After all, we kind of soundded like the Dung Beatles
OMG, it's Opsimath, LOL!Just stopping in....
Me too. We're multi-lingual!And yet, I knew exactly what it meant! What does that say about me??
As Barbara Billingsley said on Airplane, "I speak Jive!!"Me too. We're multi-lingual!
I don't know, but I had an elk wandering around on my patio earlier.Veer? What's a veer??
More a comment on our abilities than theirsRocky,
The lads from Liverpool, the Beatles, to whom you refer never made music that sounded like dung.
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Well, when you moved into the hood you knew who your neighbors would be, yeah?? LMAO!!I don't know, but I had an elk wandering around on my patio earlier.
First deer then a bear then turkeys, now ELK? What's this neighborhood coming to?Well, when you moved into the hood you knew who your neighbors would be, yeah?? LMAO!!
A car fit for Gregor Samsa.
Thanks for sharing. Now I want one!
^ 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! Iāve 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.
Not sure about the āminivanā classification. Looks more like a bus. And if thatās the case, VW also beats out Dodge w/ manufacturing going back to 1949.The groundbreaking 1930s Stout Scarab was the firstāand coolestāminivan - Hagerty Media
No one knew it at the time, but William B. Stoutās futuristic Scarab was the worldās first minivan, long before Dodge rolled out the Caravan.www.hagerty.com