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Subject:Re: The real story about the invention of the WBX? - Anybody want the facts?
From:Jake de Villiers
Date:Thu, 12 Feb 2009 23:40:57 -0800

And there are parts that are in English already!  Not as entertaining, but
informative...

On Thu, Feb 12, 2009 at 9:24 PM, Frank Grunthaner <frankgrun@aol.com> wrote:

>  Richard,
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> It's so true! I have translated several of the design articles for the TDi
> engines and will probably ask Alistair to post them as well. After a few
> runs through Babelfish, I find myself writing in long sentences with
> segregated nouns verbs and bonded adjectivals - while purported trying to
> compose in English. Nonetheless, I would point out to the list that the
> figures in the texts are in a universal language.
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> Frank Grunthaner
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Richard A Jones <Jones@COLORADO.EDU>
> To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
> Sent: Thu, 12 Feb 2009 8:27 pm
> Subject: Re: The real story about the invention of the WBX? - Anybody want
> the facts?
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> Frank:?
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> No, no one wants the facts.  :-(  The list just blew on past your?
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> post with no mention, except maybe one.  Who wants facts when they?
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> can post their opinions or speculations??
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> But thanks for the link!  I'm still laughing over the English?
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> version of the Summary for the Syncro article?
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> http://www.members.shaw.ca/ragnarhairybreeks/technical%20articles/syncro%20optimised/syncro1.html
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> I swear, it must have been translated via babelfish from German to?
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> Italian to English...twice.?
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> I'm comforted by knowing that I don't have to provide any "destinate?
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> driver input" for my Syncro, which was a color in VW's palette of?
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> Transporters....?
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> Richard?
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--
Jake

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