Originally posted by savoche Oh, and ve don't differentiate betveen v and w either.
My first vehicle was a Czechoslovakian made Jawa motorcycle. I pronounced it as the word appeared....Jawa. However I noticed that some , particularly those from certain parts of Europe pronounced it ....Java.
When I got my first car I was 18. It was a used '61 Volkswagen. I pronounced it Volks ...wagon. Some, particularly those born in certain parts of Europe pronounced it ...Volks ...vah...gun...from what I recall. This was a long time ago so my memory maybe slightly off .
Aside from pronunciation , my first 4 vehicles were all made within about 300 or so miles of each other. Three motorcycles...one was a Jawa, two were CZ's also made in Czechoslovakia and my '61 VW....Wolfsburg, Germany. Which considering I lived in the Canadian prairies was unusual. At that time mostly people had American vehicles out here.