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Did the 2CV have a nickname in other countries? Here in Germany it was called "the duck" ("die Ente"). Oooh, that suspension, great memories :)
by jansan 4y ago
Did the 2CV have a nickname in other countries? Here in Germany it was called "the duck" ("die Ente"). Oooh, that suspension, great memories :)
- jacquesm 4y agoSame here in NL 'de eend'. There's a whole raft of wordplay jokes on that name. As for the suspension, it's the only car that you can scrape the mirrors with while it's still on all four wheels ;)
- m2fkxy 4y agoin French, "la Deudeuche" [de-duhsh], for a very roughly approximated anglicised pronunciation ([dø.døʃ] is the proper IPA, but I feel like it wouldn't resonate with everyone... at least I would have no idea). short for "deux chevaux", i.e. ... 2CV.
- forinti 4y agoI heard a joke in Uruguay that they were called "pedo" (fart) because only the owner could like it.
- throwaway744678 4y agoIn french, it is pronounced "2 chevaux", as in "2 horses" (horsepower), abbreviated "deuche", or "dodoche"
- shrx 4y agoIn Slovenia it's called "spaček" - a diminutive masculine form of "spaka", i.e. "monstrosity".
- gvurrdon 4y agoI've heard them referred to as the "tin snail" in the UK, but I'm not sure how common that is. I had one of the last ones, in the early 1990s; it was a bit of a pain to maintain.