Date:         Sat, 8 Sep 2007 12:45:10 -0700
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From:         chrisrvanagon <chrisrvanagon@COMCAST.NET>
Subject:      Re: What's a "carat"?
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Huh? A Carat is a vegetable.  I'm told that Parat's eat' em.  But not if
they're raten.

ChrisR in SF (and missing the Van-O-Rama, dang.)



-----Original Message-----
From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com] On Behalf Of
Jake de Villiers
Sent: Saturday, September 08, 2007 8:45 AM
To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
Subject: Re: What's a "carat"?

No you've got it right, its "cah-RAHT".

On 9/8/07, Peter T. Owsianowski <pnoceanwesty@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> So, VW's Carat is pronounced "Carrot" like diamond measurement ( or
> vegetable), not "Cah-Raht"?
>
> Pete
> '79 Westy "Aardvark"
> '87 Westy "Joe's Van"
> WWW. Busesbythebeach.com
>
>
> >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > A carat is a measure of weight used in the precious stones trade, or
> > gemstones, including diamonds,
> >
>
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>
> --
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Jake
1984 Vanagon GL
1986 Westy Weekender "Dixie"
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