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Date:         Fri, 28 Dec 2001 13:08:21 -0500
Reply-To:     Wes V <wverkaart@HARVESTTECH.COM>
Sender:       Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com>
From:         Wes V <wverkaart@HARVESTTECH.COM>
Subject:      Re: Westphalia or Westfalia
Comments: To: Cotsford@AOL.COM
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My Microsoft Word spelling corrector want to change Westfalia to Westphalia.
We have gone unrecognized by modern geeks.  This would not have happened in
the '60's.


Wes


----- Original Message -----
From: "Steve Cotsford" <Cotsford@AOL.COM>
To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM>
Sent: Friday, December 28, 2001 12:42 PM
Subject: Westphalia or Westfalia




> If you are writing in english about the region in Germany of that name,
then
> the correct spelling is Westphalia.
> If however you are referring to a VW conversion, the correct spelling is
> Westfalia.
> This is the model name.  It is also the german spelling of the name of the
> german region.
> Language can be almost as much fun as owning a Vanagon !
>
> Steve Cotsford
>
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