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Since Volkswagen is a German company, the popular Jetta car is probably supposed to be pronounced "Yetta"

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Submitted ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩ by ⁨Darkcoffee@sh.itjust.works⁩ to ⁨showerthoughts@lemmy.world⁩

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  • rumschlumpel@feddit.org ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Indeed. Though interestingly, the Jetta seems to be much more common abroad, t’s a pretty rare car in Germany.

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    • minibyte@sh.itjust.works ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      What car do you see in Germany most often?

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      • otto@sh.itjust.works ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        The Yolf

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      • rumschlumpel@feddit.org ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        For roughly Jetta-sized cars by Volkswagen, it’s usually Passat or Golf (including the ‘Golf variant’ station wagon). VW Passat is fairly common as a police car, too.

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  • samus12345@lemm.ee ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    And Volkswagen is pronounced Folksvahgen.

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    • rumschlumpel@feddit.org ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      No, it’s pronounced fow-veh!

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  • Generica@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Yetta

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  • Ephera@lemmy.ml ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Apparently, the name is derived from “jetstream”, so it probably is supposed to be pronounced like cheddar. But a German who does not know that would probably pronounce it as Yetta, yes.

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  • fallowseed@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    popular german automobile? what year is it?

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  • reddig33@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Does VW even make the Jetta anymore?

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  • cypress@lemmy.hogru.ch ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Wenn call it also Jetta here in Germany. Here an old ad: www.youtube.com/watch?v=lBu2Lc24554

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