I remembered many of my clients who are in the UK have said the same when I would link them to anything PBS!!!!
I feel BAD ABOUT THAT.
from a lifetime wasted watching auto racing, where the "-cock' pronunciation is exclusively used by those fluent in english, and often by those with heavy non-english accents.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ul-D5jb0F_U
and from your own link,
I've been speaking French for 20 years now.
coq and coque are pronounced differently. coq is similar to cock, whereas the o in coque is slightly deeper. But far removed from coke.
I don't care what the English speaking world calls it, because it's a French word, which means hull/shell. The word has been anglicized, but if you mispronounce it, you're a cretin.
Anyway: coq: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f6tNbgX7CQ0
coque: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=42RvgVym4HM
No problem.
Sometimes copyright can get funny, between different countries, even if it seems silly, i.e. why not show it world-wide.
I've had the same problem in reverse. Occasionally, UK links refuse to play in the US (if I remember correctly).
E.g. Some UK TV video links.
Fortunately youtube plays most things in most countries, so sooner or later it may pop up on youtube.
On a side note, is English your first language? Something about the way you write fascinates me.
to say that there is no pride in mass-production is also misleading.
bentley is not going to have the people, facilities, tooling, supply chain management, and logistics to build cars on the scale that GM, toyota, and VW can.
quite frankly, they're almost apples and oranges. both to be appreciate for what they are.
thus, wonderful british cars that don't work in the rain, and wonderful italian cars that don't work at all.
This. Watched the whole bentley thing, very dumbed down across the board. (OMG sleeved aluminum v8, what a marvel of cutting edge technology. Unibody Monocoque? Wow no one has done that before)
The only thing that I find surprising and kind of idiotic honestly is that they have people hand weld the unibody. Can't imagine how they QA the welds.
I've been speaking French for 20 years now.
coq and coque are pronounced differently. coq is similar to cock, whereas the o in coque is slightly deeper. But far removed from coke.
The word has been anglicized, but if you mispronounce it, you're a cretin.
How did I miss this thread? LULZ abound...
And no, I did not watch the vid.
Did anyone notice that this vid is about the Mulsanne but that at one point they show a Continental being painted?
Wow! A abrogation so huge it justifies cause of action to impugn the entire work!!!!
Does anyone here find their own desperation driven personal agendas and what they speak.... embarrassing?
Well How relieved you must be that you will never own one! Or perhaps anything with a top speed of 180mph or zero to 60 in 5.1 seconds.
Thanks goodness you will never have to endure any of it!!!!
Wow! A abrogation so huge it justifies cause of action to impugn the entire work!!!!
Does anyone here find their own desperation driven personal agendas and what they speak.... embarrassing?
He seems to just be commenting, that it is a bit startling, that a video about a particular car manufacturer/model, actually has a different model (some of the time), in the video. (Well observed !!!)
I have NOT been able to watch the video, but he has raised an interesting point of fact.
E.g. If I showed you a video of Obama, and it showed Ronald Reagan, for half the video, would you not be surprised and comment on it ?
Did anyone notice that this vid is about the Mulsanne but that at one point they show a Continental being painted?
Your post reeks more of desperation than my simple observation does. Don't you think that if actual car guys were making that vid, this simple and easily excised mistake wouldn't have happened?
Secondly, I really do appreciate your passion for craftsmanship, and your command of language. But, and please don't take this the wrong way, I am tending to believe that English isn't your native tongue. Far from being a slur upon you, my suspicion increases my respect for your linguistic erudition!
However, being a language geek, I can't help but point out that while your use of "abrogation" above might above might be technically correct, it nevertheless constitutes an awkward and imperfect usage . . . one no native speaker would readily employ.
re the e.g., a Bogus Award winning analogy if I ever saw one.
The integrity of the docu manifested (typical PBS standards for which they are famous) was in no way compromised by what you raise. I also celebrated PBS's usual quality of editing and cadence. Gifted editors are rare.
No chinanery or malfeasance there in any way.
Even my friend's Bentley, I am positive, tho never thought about it before, is made with almost the same devotion as the top of the line.
But it cost 50k less than 300.
I think you're missing the entire point of the conversation. Everyone on here is unimpressed because the video is very generic, and lauds relatively non-impressive things. No one disagrees that a Bentley is a nice vehicle, but it's a vehicle for people who like to sit in their car more than they do driving it. Bentley, Rolls Royce, etc, make cars with wonderful rear seats because the owner is just as likely to sit in the back of the car as they are in the front!
You're on a car enthusiast forum. Many of us here have built cars, drive competitively and own high performance vehicle. We can appreciate luxury and fine technology. But highlighting things like wood veneer or aluminum block engines just isn't interesting. Or trying to say hand-welds or carbon fiber is something exquisite. Heck, I built a formula car in college, we had hand-welds and a carbon fiber nose. I don't think we won any awards, however.
Not to mention, a 0-60 time of 5.1 seconds is quite honestly unimpressive nowadays. A pedestrian V6 sedan can get there now. The point is, the video hits the wrong notes for car enthusiasts. That being said, I can appreciate any video that attempts to bring this kind of knowledge to the masses. Still better than the majority of crap on TV anyway.
Most native English speakers wouldn't know the word "abrogation".Your post reeks more of desperation than my simple observation does. Don't you think that if actual car guys were making that vid, this simple and easily excised mistake wouldn't have happened?
Secondly, I really do appreciate your passion for craftsmanship, and your command of language. But, and please don't take this the wrong way, I am tending to believe that English isn't your native tongue. Far from being a slur upon you, my suspicion increases my respect for your linguistic erudition!
However, being a language geek, I can't help but point out that while your use of "abrogation" above might above might be technically correct, it nevertheless constitutes an awkward and imperfect usage . . . one no native speaker would readily employ.
This is...interesting, given your...........rather liberal use of punctuation.My grandparents born here, my parents, and I. Again, I get paid to write.....and also to communicate verbally in my counseling work. I am consistent in both.
No chinanery [sic] or malfeasance there in any way.
I think I was not clear enough.
My use of the president Obama analogy, was in no way, whatsoever an attempt to secretly berate you/the-video or any other aspect of the posts in this thread.
Ok, another example.
E.g. A video all about Tuna fish.
But half of the video, has actually got Salmon (fish) pictured in it.
No chicanery or malfeasance was ever implied.
But, to remain on your lonely linguistic plateau, there was demonstrable misfeasance, though, again, that is far from the most proper word to use as a descriptor of this simple mistake.
Most native English speakers wouldn't know the word "abrogation".
This is...interesting, given your...........rather liberal use of punctuation.