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Re:Voltswagen of America by henrikschroder on Tuesday March 30, 2021 @03:02PM (#26638863)
Btw, how do Germans generally pronounce "volt"? Folt? 230 fau? Or is it like wolt and we?

Does the name change still make sense in German?

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Re:Voltswagen of America by minxomat on Tuesday March 30, 2021 @03:42PM (#26639389)
No the pronunciation would be similar (english V, not F) between German and English for Voltswagen. That's part of the joke.
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Re:Voltswagen of America by henrikschroder on Wednesday March 31, 2021 @06:18PM (#26653841)
Ok, so you'd be switching from "fau we" to "we we", which makes it make even less sense...

I noticed that the German site hasn't changed anything, seems to be a US thing only.

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