Stephen <mcavoysAT@aolDOTcom> wrote:
> BTW when speaking English would a German speaker call a VW beetle a bug?
Not since the "New Beetle" has come out.
when speaking English ;)
On Fri, 2 Jan 2009 12:06:33 EST, "clipka" <nomail@nomail> wrote:
>Stephen <mcavoysAT@aolDOTcom> wrote:>> BTW when speaking English would a German speaker call a VW beetle a bug?>>Not since the "New Beetle" has come out.>>when speaking English ;)>>
I don't see that going down well in South Africa. ;)
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Regards
Stephen
Mike Hough wrote:
> Wish I could take credit for the model but it is something I found on the > 'net. Converted from blender to povray using poseray.
It looks like the surfaces try hard to be chromed, but they fail
because they lack reflection...
From: Alain
Subject: Re: It's not a bug - it's a beetle!
Date: 3 Jan 2009 18:36:44
Message: <495ff68c$1@news.povray.org>
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.
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Alain
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One nice thing about egotists: they don't talk about other people.
Alain <ele### [at] netscapenet> wrote:
> In French speaking areas, we call it "Coccinelle" whitch is the french name for> the ladybug.>> --> Alain> -------------------------------------------------> One nice thing about egotists: they don't talk about other people.
and Coccinella in italian :-)
Ah, il latino!
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