So... I have been pronouncing it wrong all these years.  I have always said
"van-ah-gone" as in the doctor tells you to open up and say ahhhhh - but if
the last part of the word is wagon, then it would be correctly said
"van-eh-gone"  as is most Canadian's favourite word... eh!  - I knew there
was a Canadian connection somewhere!  :-)

It's funny how words in other counties are said... TriStar to me is like
saying "try-star" in German it is "tree-star" - I guess mine is right at
home here in the forests of British Columbia!

David Marshall

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-----Original Message-----
From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com]On Behalf
Of Jeffrey Schwaia
Sent: December 16, 2004 2:37 PM
To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
Subject: Re: Vanagon etymology

All right... that's enough.

Here's the official explanation straight out of the 1980 VW Vanagon sales
brochure:

"Vanagon" is a new name.  You probably haven't seen not heard it before.
It's actually a combination of "van" and "station wagon".  Vanagon.  Not
only a new name -- a totally new kind of vehicle from Volkswagen.

There's more, but I thought that was enough.

Cheers,

Jeff