Well he's regular compared to, uh, well, OK I see your point. Mike
On 3/19/07 3:47 PM, "Jeff at Vanagonparts.com" <jeff@VANAGONPARTS.COM> wrote: > Since when is BenT considered "regular folk"?! > > I must've been absent that day... > > Cheers, > > Jeff > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM]On Behalf > Of Philip Zimmerman > Sent: Monday, March 19, 2007 2:27 PM > To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM > Subject: Re: 1985 westphalia --- electric water pump failure > > > Date: Mon, 19 Mar 2007 11:03:52 -0600 > From: Tom Buese <tombuese@COMCAST.NET> > Subject: Re: 1985 westphalia --- electric water pump failure > > On Mar 19, 2007, at 10:44 AM, Loren Busch wrote: >> BTW, it's Westfalia, not Westphalia > > Tom tped: > Correctomundo-where is Joy when we need her? grin > > Which brings up the ? of why is it spelled w/ an "f" instead of a > "ph" like the English maps of germany? > > Tom B.-ancestors came over from Westphalia area in 1840's > ------- > > I no spelling geek (or grammar for that matter).... > > Short answer, depends on whom the spelling or grammar geek was that did > the transliteration from the original high or low German? German also > utilizes a slightly different (from english) alphabet, recall it > follows the Latin alphabet. Also, the german alphabet changed a couple > of times during the 20th century... > > For us non-geeks (just regular folks like BenT and MM) we call em > "Westies"! > Ralf, on the WetWestie list came from the Westphalia region, perhaps he > knows? > Heh, maybe Tom and Ralf are related? > > > Phil Z. |
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