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Niamh.
22-09-2015, 04:02 PM
I don't pronounce the L but Gav does hhmmmm
Pete.
22-09-2015, 04:05 PM
With the L :laugh:
Niamh.
22-09-2015, 04:06 PM
With the L :laugh:

But you don't pronounce the L in Folk :think:
kirklancaster
22-09-2015, 04:36 PM
With the 'L' - I always get the urge to Goosestep if I don't pronounce it. :hehe:
Samuel.
22-09-2015, 04:47 PM
But you don't pronounce the L in Folk :think:

Yeah you do? It's said like fulk, not fok :laugh:
Crimson Dynamo
22-09-2015, 05:17 PM
volts wagen

or veedub
Pete.
22-09-2015, 05:18 PM
But you don't pronounce the L in Folk :think:
I do :think:
Ross.
22-09-2015, 05:46 PM
With the L 16 94.12%
Silent L 1 5.88%

Looks like you're on your own with that one Niamh. :hehe:
JoshBB
22-09-2015, 05:47 PM
vv-olks-vv-ah-ghen
Ashley.
22-09-2015, 06:05 PM
If you pronounce the L it's Vollockswagon

Nobody pronounces the L and people who do are wrong and might as well just say environoment too
MB.
22-09-2015, 06:12 PM
Peasant carrier
MB.
22-09-2015, 06:14 PM
Nobody pronounces the L

With the L 23 95.83%
Silent L 1 4.17%
Samuel.
22-09-2015, 06:16 PM
If you pronounce the L it's Vollockswagon

Nobody pronounces the L and people who do are wrong and might as well just say environoment too

Why on earth would it be vollockswagon

You don't pronounce it as its own seperate individual sound, that's not how words work, you pronounce the L in conjunction with the O and K
Calderyon
22-09-2015, 06:23 PM
Itīs Volkswagen.

And like itīs spelled.
Niamh.
22-09-2015, 06:24 PM
Yeah you do? It's said like fulk, not fok :laugh:

What :o No my life has been a lie, what about a Folk singer, isn't it like foak singer ????
GiRTh
22-09-2015, 06:35 PM
FoLks-Vaagen
Smithy
22-09-2015, 06:51 PM
Lol Niamh :laugh:

They pronounce the L in the advert :shrug:
Niamh.
22-09-2015, 06:52 PM
Lol Niamh :laugh:

They pronounce the L in the advert :shrug:

I know, that's what got me thinking that maybe I was wrong, all these years I thoughht Gav was :laugh:
Niamh.
22-09-2015, 06:53 PM
But seriously this whole Folk thing is even more disturbing
Livia
22-09-2015, 07:02 PM
I pronounce it Volksvargen. With the L. Volk is German for folk, isn't it.
Josy
22-09-2015, 07:07 PM
volts wagen

or veedub

both of these
Josy
22-09-2015, 07:07 PM
Yeah you do? It's said like fulk, not fok :laugh:

eh?
Niamh.
22-09-2015, 07:07 PM
I pronounce it Volksvargen. With the L. Volk is German for folk, isn't it.

so you don't pronounce the L in Folk then? That's a relief :laugh:
Withano
22-09-2015, 07:08 PM
I don't pronounce the L but Gav does hhmmmm

Gav knows what he's doing!
Livia
22-09-2015, 07:12 PM
so you don't pronounce the L in Folk then? That's a relief :laugh:

No, I pronounce it with the L because it's a German word and that's how they pronounce it.

LOL... I love this loony place.
Niamh.
22-09-2015, 07:15 PM
No, I pronounce it with the L because it's a German word and that's how they pronounce it.

LOL... I love this loony place.

WHAAAAATTTTTTT No way I've never in my life heard anyone pronounce that L, I'm actually in a state of shock right now
jennyjuniper
22-09-2015, 07:19 PM
A silent L and the V pronounced as an F and the W as a V. Foksvagen.
Niamh.
22-09-2015, 07:20 PM
A silent L and the V pronounced as an F and the W as a V. Foksvagen.

:unsure:
Livia
22-09-2015, 07:21 PM
WHAAAAATTTTTTT No way I've never in my life heard anyone pronounce that L, I'm actually in a state of shock right now

LOL... you madwoman.
Shaun
22-09-2015, 08:08 PM
I pronounce it Volksvargen. With the L. Volk is German for folk, isn't it.

This
MB.
22-09-2015, 08:09 PM
I mean we don't all call fillets 'fillays' do we
Niamh.
22-09-2015, 08:26 PM
I'm really confused, Livia do you pronounce the L in Folk or what?
JoshBB
22-09-2015, 08:29 PM
I pronounce it Volksvargen. With the L. Volk is German for folk, isn't it.

Yeah, volkswagen means "peoples car". Fun fact - the idea was to provide normal people with affordable cars, and the idea was actually started by Hitler.. we learned about this in History :laugh:
Livia
22-09-2015, 09:14 PM
I'm really confused, Livia do you pronounce the L in Folk or what?

No. Silent L in folk, because that's the English pronunciation, Sounded L in volk, because that's the German pronunciation. I've never heard anyone pronounce it your way, Niamh. I think you're just trying to start a trend...
King Gizzard
22-09-2015, 09:16 PM
synecdoche
Livia
22-09-2015, 09:17 PM
Yeah, volkswagen means "peoples car". Fun fact - the idea was to provide normal people with affordable cars, and the idea was actually started by Hitler.. we learned about this in History :laugh:

Not so fun fact: they used Jewish slave-labour.

Not to bring your post down Josh LOL...
kirklancaster
22-09-2015, 09:19 PM
What :o No my life has been a lie, what about a Folk singer, isn't it like foak singer ????

:laugh: What???
King Gizzard
22-09-2015, 09:20 PM
And yes, I've always said it folk like "foak"
Livia
22-09-2015, 09:22 PM
I mean we don't all call fillets 'fillays' do we

You would if your fillet was a filet mignon. French dish: French pronunciation. Same with the VW. Only German, obviously...
Suze
22-09-2015, 10:57 PM
Niamh, so far a silent L, Lone voice :laugh:
Jessica.
22-09-2015, 11:52 PM
Fulks-va-gen
Ninastar
23-09-2015, 12:13 AM
What :o No my life has been a lie, what about a Folk singer, isn't it like foak singer ????

this is how I felt when I was 10 and realised it was 'Bumble-bee' and not 'Bumbo-bee'
Rob!
23-09-2015, 12:42 AM
"Car."
Josy
23-09-2015, 04:25 AM
And yes, I've always said it folk like "foak"

This
Ammi
23-09-2015, 04:33 AM
I pronounce it Volksvargen. With the L. Volk is German for folk, isn't it.

..yeah always like this as well...like this chap but without the accent...


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Niamh.
23-09-2015, 09:27 AM
this is how I felt when I was 10 and realised it was 'Bumble-bee' and not 'Bumbo-bee'

But I'm almost 37 :bawling:
kirklancaster
23-09-2015, 09:29 AM
But I'm almost 37 :bawling:

:laugh::laugh::laugh: