Well he's regular compared to, uh, well, OK I see your point.

Mike

On 3/19/07 3:47 PM, "Jeff at Vanagonparts.com" <jeff@VANAGONPARTS.COM>
wrote:

> Since when is BenT considered "regular folk"?!
>
> I must've been absent that day...
>
> Cheers,
>
> Jeff
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM]On Behalf
> Of Philip Zimmerman
> Sent: Monday, March 19, 2007 2:27 PM
> To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
> Subject: Re: 1985 westphalia --- electric water pump failure
>
>
> 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
> -------
>
> 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.