I've never heard it before either, but it seems to makes sense, especially if you think of it as an onomatopoeia. Flutter your lips for the FW portion of the word as you say it...FFFFWWWeem. Sounds sorta like that, eh? On Sat, Mar 14, 2009 at 3:34 PM, Scott Daniel - Turbovans < scottdaniel@turbovans.com> wrote: > crazy. > 35 + years around vw's .....never heard of it. > what is the origin ? ...... > some funny Dutch word or what ? > is that slang for fart or something ( farht ) ? > maybe it means 'little itty bitty farts' > > well, I'll be fweemed, gol durnit. > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Rocket J Squirrel" <camping.elliott@GMAIL.COM> > To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM> > Sent: Saturday, March 14, 2009 2:34 PM > Subject: Re: That wonderful ignature VW "chrip"! > > > On 3/14/2009 2:00 PM Scott Daniel - Turbovans wrote: >> >> [snip] >> > >> > better make sure fweem is in the glosary at theSambe. >> > >> >> Oh, it is: >> >> http://www.thesamba.com/vw/archives/dic/f.php >> >> -- >> Mike "Rocket J Squirrel" Elliott >> 84 Westfalia: Mellow Yellow ("The Electrical Banana") >> 74 Utility Trailer. Ladybug Trailer, Inc., San Juan Capistrano >> Bend, OR >> KG6RCR >> >
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