That's what happens. If you get the name of a lens wrong, it's self esteem falls, the elements get all saggy and slump down and it's simply can't perform at its best. That's why Canon lenses, which don't have a proper name at all, and are just called 'Canon lens', are no good at all. Nikkors aren't in a much better situation, because everyone in British influenced parts of the world giggles at them.
A bit OT in this Zuiko thread, but I hope Mr. Moderator can live with that.
Well, in German, we have male as well as female BMW.
Very interesting, looked it up, learnt something new, thanks! https://www.subaru.com.au/about/the-pleiades-constellation
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And what do you think they call it??
I suspect he's referring to the name of the 'W' character being 'Veh' and not 'Doubleyew', and then confusing 'Veh' with the English 'Vee', which would be 'Fau'.
Knickers to your Nikkors!
He had better or we will mispronounce his name.
I guess it's because the car was named after Mercédès Jellinek. Maybe that's the right way to pronounce the original girl's name(?) My old 1951 Mercedes Benz 170S was made by Daimler-Benz and not by any company named Mercedes.
I never could comprehend the sometimes strange use of male/female/neuter genders in Euro languages. But even in English we call ships "she" and other odd things like that have default genders.Most cars are male, der Porsche, der Mercedes, der BMW, but if people talk about 'die' BMW ('die' for everything female, pronounced 'dee'), it is about a BMW bike. All bikes are female, die Honda, die Kawasaki, die Suzuki, ...
Yes, Subaru is Japanese for Pleiades and in English it is also called the Seven Sisters. The Japanese see the group as six stars hence the six stars in their emblem. I think originally it had something to do with the six companies that joined to make Fuji Heavy Industries, now named Subaru Corporation. https://www.subaru.com.au/about/the-pleiades-constellation
Yes, things are weird here, even the bathwater turns the opposite way down the plughole. So I'm told, never tested it. In fact, never had a bath.
Hmm, but how can he think a German would pronounce this 'W' the English way and say 'double you'?? We sure pronounce it the German way, like 'Vé', with the e pronounced like that French é with that accent, like in the French 'Santé'.
He comes from the USA. It's not true of all Americans, but quite a few don't have much appreciation of the rest of the world apart from thinking it's a bit like the local neighbourhood (which quite likely thy've never been out of) but they talk a bit funny. You know that famous scene about McDonalds in Pulp Fiction?
Living constantly upside down seems to have a very positive effect on the blood circulation in the brain! Nice to see you know more about the name Mercedes than most of the Germans driving one!He had better or we will mispronounce his name.
I guess it's because the car was named after Mercédès Jellinek. Maybe that's the right way to pronounce the original girl's name(?) My old 1951 Mercedes Benz 170S was made by Daimler-Benz and not by any company named Mercedes.
The icing on the cake with that gender thing seems to be our local dialect here, that even has three gender forms of "Zwei" ( "two"). Zwää men, zwuu women, zwing children! (or the other way around, must admit I never really understood it completely). :-DI never could comprehend the sometimes strange use of male/female/neuter genders in Euro languages. But even in English we call ships "she" and other odd things like that have default genders.Most cars are male, der Porsche, der Mercedes, der BMW, but if people talk about 'die' BMW ('die' for everything female, pronounced 'dee'), it is about a BMW bike. All bikes are female, die Honda, die Kawasaki, die Suzuki, ...
This is actually news to be, but on a totally different level. I always thought people used Porsh as a nickname to Porsche, like how I hear people use Merce (Mers?) for Mercedes.
So, what DO they call a BMW is Germany?
A 'BMW'.
Oh Lord won't you buy me a mercaydees benz, all my friend drives porshees
A German friend of mine moved to the Southern US. Bought a nice old house in the local style, but it was in need of some care and attention. He bought a load of white wood paint and hired a local, telling him to paint the outside of the house and the porch. After a few hours the fellow came in to report it was done. "All finished. Everything painted including the car. And it ain't a porch, it's a Ferrari".
Here in 'merica it's usually called a Benz for short.
As a deaf person I havnt a clue on how you pronounce it.
Her pronunciation is a bit questionable, because her "ko" sounds a bit short, while it should be long.
