clipka nous illumina en ce 2009-01-02 09:35 -->
> Stephen <mcavoysAT@aolDOTcom> wrote:
>> I think that calling the VW Beetle a bug is US centric.
> 
> I don't think so; the classic Volkswagen after which the "New Beetle" is shaped
> - having its origins in Germany - has been called "VW Käfer" in this beautiful
> (though currently nasty cold) country since no-one knows - which can be
> translated as "bug" just about as well as "beetle".
> 
> Most particularly, the biological "Käfer" best matching the shape of the car is
> probably the "Marienkäfer" - and is called "Ladybug" in English, if I'm not
> totally mistaken.
> 
> 
In French speaking areas, we call it "Coccinelle" whitch is the french name for 
the ladybug.

-- 
Alain
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One nice thing about egotists: they don't talk about other people.

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