Plug this *Wasser* into the Lycos translator and you'll know.

Stan Wilder

On Sun, 30 Dec 2001 12:00:30 -0600 Dave Baker <DBAKER5@KC.RR.COM> writes:
> Auf Deutsch....errr, excuse me... In German, Wasser means water.
> Not sure about the boxer part.
>
> Dave in KC
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: developtrust <developtrust@HOME.COM>
> To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM>
> Sent: Sunday, December 30, 2001 11:41 AM
> Subject: Is it Wasserboxer or waterboxer?
>
>
> > Correct me please,
> >
> > I read somewhere that "Wasser" was the name of the person who
> engineered
> the
> > VW engine with pistons that "box" each other, or was that a joke
> or a
> myth?
> > The German word for water is "wasser" according to the dictionary
> in
> > vanagon.com so when someone said "Wasser" was the inventor's name
> was he
> > pulling our proverbial leg?
> >
> > I read posts where both descriptions are used. It's not a matter
> of potato
> > or pottatto, or westfalia or westphalia but I'd just like to know
> as a
> mater
> > of curiosity.
> >
> > William P.
>
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