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Old 06-06-2006, 02:43 AM
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Default How do you pronouce Avus?

The GM at my dealership says:

ah-voos (accent on voos)

As far as I can tell, though, Avus is actually AVUS, the acronym for Automobil Verkehrs und Ubungs-Strasse (a German racetrack).

So does it sound like above, or like the car rental company?<ul><li><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AVUS">AVUS Information</a></li></ul>
Old 06-06-2006, 03:11 AM
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Default ah+ foos of foosball, accent on ah

silver: silber is zilber<ul><li><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AVUS">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AVUS</a</li></ul>
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Something like a sneeze, then?
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wow. a japanese guy teaching german, in english :-D
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a current owner teaching an owner in the near future. :-)
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