Regional dialects can make the pronunciation of even a common language iffy, never mind 'foreign' words. As long as it's close I don't think anyone should get their panties in a bunch.
But then again, this is the trivial thread.
More than once I've heard Americans say: "Can't you speak the Queen's English?" It never fails to amuse. Perhaps I should have put this in the things that make you smile thread.
In English speaking countries it's known and accepted that Americans emphasise the letter "I" as in Eye-raq. It's the way English evolved in the US. English can be so confusing to someone for whom it's not their mother tongue. For instance we all say Eye-rate but pronounce irritate differently. Chances are that those stationed in Iraq, that can speak Arabic, will pronounce the country's name as locals do.
Getting the hot air from the engine to the passenger compartment was possibly the most complicated system on any air cooled Volkswagen. It required several components be in perfect or near-perfect order--engine seals, thermostat, air hoses, heater boxes, exhaust connections, properly operating vents, and the fan that kept the engine cool and pushed that hot air forward. If any one of those components was worn or broken, pffft, there goes your warmth. In it's 65 year production run you would think someone would have come up with a better idea, but that would likely have involved a drastic re-design of the beloved Beetle so...
I'm one of the few (probably) who prefers the "new" New Beetle over the previous New Beetle. Regardless, I read the new New Beetle is already going out of production because Volkswagen wants to focus their efforts on the New Microbus which will be all electric, ridiculously overpriced, and probably not available in the U.S. because it won't meet the safety standards.
Ever notice the deevolution of the American cereal box?
From simple and tasteful to sensory-overload in eight easy decades. And notice Pop now wears his hat turned around backwards like the streetwise skater-punk-rapper that he obviously is.
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Agreed, although it would have to be The Morris Minor Traveller. I don't know if this model is well known outside of the UK. It came in three variations, hard top, soft top and woody. One even appeared in a Bond film.
