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Re: A Snob's Guide to German Marque Pronuniation
>AUDI: OW dee .... OW dee or (shudder) AH dee
Auchkdee!
>Good thing we don't have to pronounce Auto Union Deutsches
>Industriellensgesellshaft :-))
Hmm...Auto Union Dutch Industrial Shafts?
Is that what AUDI stands for? I was always told it mean "to listen", ie,
the companies merged and "listened" to each other, the "listen" to
consumers/drivers. Perhaps it's just a dumb rumor...
Brett
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Brett Dikeman
brett@pdikeman.ne.mediaone.net
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Te audire non possum. Musa sapientum fixa est in aure.
Ita, scio hunc 'sig file' veterem fieri.
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