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   Hi Ardith,   
      
   25.11.2025 3:46:12, Ardith Hinton wrote:   
      
    AH>              I've had a few similar experiences myself.  When a   
    AH> teacher from the Netherlands pronounced the v in "Volkswagen" as   
    AH> an f I thought to myself "Oh .. the people's car".     
      
   Which particular type have you imagined: passenger railroad car,   
   station wagon, hippie van, horse-drawn cart? :-)   
      
      
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