From: Nigel Hay (Nigel@milweb.net)
Date: Mon Feb 25 2002 - 04:40:37 PST
I recall the "WW2 Ferret" that was on E Bay last year.... we also had an ad
posted to www.milweb.net for a "Triumph Stag, used to belong to an army
officer" - sadly that doesnt constitute a military vehicle and was
rejected. Nige
----- Original Message -----
From: "Hanno Spoelstra" <HL.Spoelstra@inter.NL.net>
To: "Military Vehicles Mailing List" <mil-veh@mil-veh.org>
Sent: Monday, February 25, 2002 12:34 PM
Subject: Re: [MV] Funny translations
> At 07:50 25-2-2002 +0000, Gordon.W.I. McMillan wrote:
> >What's the worst translation / transcription of an MV advert you've ever
> >seen then, or the one that makes least sense ?
>
>
> Uhm, let's see:
>
> - any ad with Willy's in it (needs no explaining, does it?)
>
> - an ad offering a "W.W.II German Hetzer Jagdpanzer 38 (T)-G13 1945 Tank
> Destroyer - a real piece of W.W.II German Armor". So what's wrong with
this
> one, you might think? Well, a post-war G13 compares to a Hetzer as a
> Hotchkiss M201 compares to a Willys MB...
>
> As they say, my two Euro-cents worth,
> Hanno Spoelstra
>
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