Date:         Fri, 21 Oct 2005 02:32:53 +0100
Reply-To:     Timothy Lee Harrison <tim@HARRISONLAND.CO.UK>
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From:         Timothy Lee Harrison <tim@HARRISONLAND.CO.UK>
Subject:      Re: VW SUCKS...Re: name change of Volks Cafe...
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On Friday 21 Oct 2005 00:23, Jeffrey Schwaia wrote:

> IIRC, Peter told me that they've been in negotiations with VW for over 6
> years.  I don't think there was any more room at the end of the rope.

Personally, I think I'd have stuck to my guns. There are plenty of German 
words beginning with "Volks": 

Volkshaus...            a name for a local municipal hall 
Volksrat...             a local government organisation
Volksfest...            a local/public fete
Volksmusik...           traditional music (e.g. Bavaria, Austrian Tyrol)
Volksschule...          primary=elementary school
Volkseigentum...        commonly owned property, i.e. municipal property
Volksabstimmung a referendum
Volksbegehren           a petition by the people (to government)
Österreichische Volkspartei...        Austrian "Peoples Party", i.e. conservative 
party

I'm sure there are plenty more - these come to mind without consulting a 
dictionary!!! VW AG can't possibly claim all these words are *their* 
intellectual property. 
-- 
I couldn't remember when I had been so disappointed.  Except perhaps the
time I found out that M&Ms really DO melt in your hand.
                -- Peter Oakley