Date:    Mon, 19 Mar 2007 11:03:52 -0600
From:    Tom Buese <tombuese@COMCAST.NET>
Subject: Re: 1985 westphalia --- electric water pump failure

On Mar 19, 2007, at 10:44 AM, Loren Busch wrote:
> BTW, it's Westfalia, not Westphalia

Tom tped:
Correctomundo-where is Joy when we need her?  grin

Which brings up the ? of why is it spelled w/ an "f" instead of a
"ph" like the English maps of germany?

Tom B.-ancestors came over from Westphalia area in 1840's
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I no spelling geek (or grammar for that matter)....

Short answer, depends on whom the spelling or grammar geek was that did
the transliteration from the original high or low German? German also
utilizes a slightly different (from english) alphabet, recall it
follows the Latin alphabet. Also, the german alphabet changed a couple
of times during the 20th century...

For us non-geeks (just regular folks like BenT and MM) we call em
"Westies"!
Ralf, on the WetWestie list came from the Westphalia region, perhaps he
knows?
Heh, maybe Tom and Ralf are related?

Phil Z.