funny.
Supporting Member
funny.
"I find the whole business of religion profoundly interesting, but it does mystify me that otherwise intelligent people take it seriously." Douglas Adams
Enthusiast
Sorry, let me rephrase that...Originally Posted by henk4
"the last true Citroen of the 20'th century before all Citroens became bland and useless".
I guess that's better.
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Dream ride: red 1971 Opel Commodore GS/E
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I know nothing of Citroen's but I will say this, buy it, if only because they used an XM in Ronin!!!
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so not already compromised by PSA beancounter wowser straiteners?
just been reading I simply don't believe this ............... - aussiefrogs - The Australian French Car Forum Since 1999
- Aussiefrogs commiserating a moderator's catastrophic XM (early?) front strut failure and this in particular being seen as something old Citroen would not have engineered - and it sounds v. expensive to repair if worth it at all ...
note XM being good for rust-proofing, but.
steven
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I'm curious, what is the proper way to pronounce Citroen?
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see-true-ahn (or something (and then with a French accent) and the emphasis is on the last syllabe.
"I find the whole business of religion profoundly interesting, but it does mystify me that otherwise intelligent people take it seriously." Douglas Adams
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Thanks for the proper pronunciation, being from the deep south, I see a few every now and then, and those are from the late 70's era.
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well, I drive one, so I am supposed to know....
"I find the whole business of religion profoundly interesting, but it does mystify me that otherwise intelligent people take it seriously." Douglas Adams
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ahn ? I'd have said ehn
"A woman without curves is like a road without bends, you might get to your destination quicker but the ride is boring as hell'
Supporting Member
well, the end sound is a bit like an Ah sound (like in "half")ahn ? I'd have said ehn
and to be absolutely right, Andre Citroën emigrated from Holland, and when he left there was "ë" but just and "e". That name sounds a bit like:
"see-truen".
Citroen is the dutch word for lemon, so the brand has been the subject of a number of very funny jokes
"I find the whole business of religion profoundly interesting, but it does mystify me that otherwise intelligent people take it seriously." Douglas Adams
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Dutch/French ............ you say tomato I say tomatoe
"A woman without curves is like a road without bends, you might get to your destination quicker but the ride is boring as hell'
Supporting Member
no, we say : "Tomaat"Dutch/French ............ you say tomato I say tomatoe
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Tomate^^
Different languages are big fun.
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Well we call them "maters" down here.
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I call them 'eww'.
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