How It's Made: Dream Cars
#1
Drifting
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How It's Made: Dream Cars
The first episode was the 991. Watched it last night. Pretty good peek inside the factory.
http://science.discovery.com/tv-show...dream-cars.htm
http://science.discovery.com/tv-show...dream-cars.htm
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Drifting
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#4
Drifting
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I thought the coolest part was watching the engine build.
Also what was awesome for me were 2 things:
1) Watching the show for the first time _while_ my car was being built
2) Watching them put the letters on the back of a black C4S which happens to be the car they're building for me and the exact letter scheme I chose (no deletions).
Also what was awesome for me were 2 things:
1) Watching the show for the first time _while_ my car was being built
2) Watching them put the letters on the back of a black C4S which happens to be the car they're building for me and the exact letter scheme I chose (no deletions).
#5
Burning Brakes
Good find. I really liked the National Geographic Megafactories episode on the re-tooling for the 991. The editing and sound effects were a little annoying, but there was some great content in there.
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#9
Burning Brakes
To be fair, the German pronunciation is a little more like "PORSH - eh"
But I guess this is a debate that will go on forever. I've stopped correcting people I encounter in the real world because I think it can just make me look pretentious.
#10
Seriously. It's 2013 and people still think it's a one syllable word?
To be fair, the German pronunciation is a little more like "PORSH - eh"
But I guess this is a debate that will go on forever. I've stopped correcting people I encounter in the real world because I think it can just make me look pretentious.
To be fair, the German pronunciation is a little more like "PORSH - eh"
But I guess this is a debate that will go on forever. I've stopped correcting people I encounter in the real world because I think it can just make me look pretentious.
Look at the bright side, Mercedes (when pronounced mer-say-dees) is also butchered, so at least there's plenty to go around.
#11
The problem is that once it's in the American vernacular, it becomes 'correct'. Plenty of websites say it is the accepted American pronunciation. Shudder.
I'm American and am embarrassed at the dumbing-down on our citizenry, and I don't mean this in any prejudiced or political way: just that our educational system has fallen so far behind and street slang is so tolerated. The things that really bother me - and I know, this is geting waaaay off topic - are things like:
"I could care less"
"Can you borrow me some money?"
"Me and him went to the store"
"They gave it to my wife and I"
And so on. And don't get me started on spelling!
What's most galling is that most Europeans speak better English than most Americans. Most Indians, too.
I'm American and am embarrassed at the dumbing-down on our citizenry, and I don't mean this in any prejudiced or political way: just that our educational system has fallen so far behind and street slang is so tolerated. The things that really bother me - and I know, this is geting waaaay off topic - are things like:
"I could care less"
"Can you borrow me some money?"
"Me and him went to the store"
"They gave it to my wife and I"
And so on. And don't get me started on spelling!
What's most galling is that most Europeans speak better English than most Americans. Most Indians, too.
#12
The problem is that once it's in the American vernacular, it becomes 'correct'. Plenty of websites say it is the accepted American pronunciation. Shudder.
I'm American and am embarrassed at the dumbing-down on our citizenry, and I don't mean this in any prejudiced or political way: just that our educational system has fallen so far behind and street slang is so tolerated. The things that really bother me - and I know, this is geting waaaay off topic - are things like:
"I could care less"
"Can you borrow me some money?"
"Me and him went to the store"
"They gave it to my wife and I"
And so on. And don't get me started on spelling!
What's most galling is that most Europeans speak better English than most Americans. Most Indians, too.
I'm American and am embarrassed at the dumbing-down on our citizenry, and I don't mean this in any prejudiced or political way: just that our educational system has fallen so far behind and street slang is so tolerated. The things that really bother me - and I know, this is geting waaaay off topic - are things like:
"I could care less"
"Can you borrow me some money?"
"Me and him went to the store"
"They gave it to my wife and I"
And so on. And don't get me started on spelling!
What's most galling is that most Europeans speak better English than most Americans. Most Indians, too.
But if you don't like the dropped 'e'... I once got a parking ticket for parking my "Porch" (written that way) on the street. I suspect that particular officer's pronunciation would have been even more grating.
Now for extra credit, ask them to pronounce Huayra!
Some O/T personal pet peeves in terms of misspellings and misuses:
there / their / they're
to / too
your / you're
"literally"
"unique"
"my bad"
i before e, unless thier wrong about that.
#15
Burning Brakes
And I thought to myself, let's take a look at a forum where they speak english, so I can enhance my english writing a bit.... You never know where it can come in handy!
That was bad idea I guess
Suzy991
That was bad idea I guess
Suzy991