coley TollisonJul 4, 2023
stux⚡️
It’s not a … it’s a feature…
Jul 4, 2023 at 11:24amWeb
Show thread🏙️🌇🌆🌃🆗🆒Jul 4, 2023
@stux Um, it's a VW Beetle, though. Not a VW "Bug".
Show threadstux⚡️Jul 4, 2023
@y0ptivotzhe0n Beetle is a bug right?  (i know)
Show thread🏙️🌇🌆🌃🆗🆒Jul 4, 2023
@stux I'm intrigued. What do you call it in Dutch? I have to assume it's your native language.
Show threadstux⚡️Jul 4, 2023

@y0ptivotzhe0n The same actually! 😮

"Volkwagen beetle" 🇳🇱

Show thread🏙️🌇🌆🌃🆗🆒Jul 4, 2023
@stux So you don't substitute the "Beetle" for a Dutch word? Like in German it's VW Käfer, in the US they've translated it directly to "Beetle". And in Dutch it's not VW "Kever"?
Show threadmartin lentink 🇪🇺 🇺🇦📎Jul 4, 2023
@y0ptivotzhe0n Yes it is, or rather was, when the model was still available
Volkswagen Kever
Show threadJeenJul 4, 2023
@y0ptivotzhe0n @stux yep correct, it's called a Kever in Dutch.
Show threadmartin lentink 🇪🇺 🇺🇦📎Jul 4, 2023
@y0ptivotzhe0n @stux
Kever (like the German Käfer)
Show thread🏙️🌇🌆🌃🆗🆒Jul 4, 2023
@martinlentink @stux Thanks. :) This seems to be universal for most languages in this specific case. Everyone translates the "Käfer".
Show threadTony WellsJul 4, 2023
@stux @y0ptivotzhe0n
It's common in the UK and USA to call it a bug. Maybe due to the 1960's movie Love Bug, where the sentient car was a beetle.
Show thread🏙️🌇🌆🌃🆗🆒Jul 4, 2023
@TonyJWells @stux I did not know this. Thanks for sharing.
Show threadTony WellsJul 4, 2023

@y0ptivotzhe0n @stux

The movie had different titles in some countries. Netherlands :
Als m'n wagentje eens kon praten
(If only my car could talk ?)
thus missing out on the slang!
In the 1970s/80s it was on television a lot over holidays.

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0064603/releaseinfo/

Ein toller Käfer (1968) - Release info - IMDb

Ein toller Käfer (1968) - Movies, TV, Celebs, and more...

IMDb
Show thread🏙️🌇🌆🌃🆗🆒Jul 4, 2023
@TonyJWells @stux Then there was something with Lindsay Lohan... 😅
Show threadAsh_CrowJul 4, 2023
@y0ptivotzhe0n @stux here in France, it is named the Coccinelle ("ladybug"), so... It's not a ladybug, it's a feature?
Show thread@reiver ⊼ (Charles) Jul 4, 2023

@y0ptivotzhe0n @stux

When I was a kid (in the 1970s & 1980s) "bug" was the nickname for the VW Beetle.

One place you can see this is with "Herbie, the Love Bug".

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Herbie

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Herbie - Wikipedia

Show threadADRIAN  🏳️‍🌈Jul 4, 2023
@stux It's not a Käfer, it's a Feature 😁 🐛
Show threadParafoxJul 4, 2023
@stux The back of the car looks like it's smiling :3
Show threadやぎJul 4, 2023
@stux
feature .......
Or did mean to say future…?🙄
Show thread😻🇨🇦MimzyDub🇨🇦😻Jul 4, 2023
@stux I wanna say "creature feature," but that doesn't seem quite right. 🤔
Show thready3rnaux 📷Jul 4, 2023
@stux droog
Show threadolaolarollaJul 4, 2023
@stux here's looking right back at 'ya brah...
Show threadLightning DuckJul 4, 2023
@stux clever
Show threadMugsysRapSheet Blog ☑️Jul 4, 2023
@stux
Always love a good "license plate" joke.
Show threadAnneFromMtkaJul 4, 2023
@stux Embarrased to say this took me more than a few moments 😆
Show threadluxopiaJul 4, 2023
@stux
Show threadCatherine McCarthyJul 4, 2023
@stux Cute bug! 🚘 I learned to drive “a stick” in a red VW bug like this one. Fond memory.
Show threadxs4me2Jul 4, 2023

@stux

(Inside joke…)

Show threadSunnyJul 4, 2023
@stux That’s hilarious! Just perfect! 😂
Show threadWigbert B 🎻🏛🎭🎤🗞🎥📚Jul 4, 2023

@stux

wait… how did my student car from 35 years ago make it to the States ??

Show threadWinky 👑Jul 4, 2023
@stux 😂 damn too old
Show threadTheCannonballJul 4, 2023
@stux LOL
Show threadMister_PimJul 4, 2023
@stux It's not moving. That's typically a feature of older VWs.
Show threadVal DelaneJul 5, 2023
@stux I saw this plate on a bug at least 2 decades ago in the bay area! Not positive it was the same year/model, but I assume the same owner.
Show threadRai Aren 🖖✨📚🇺🇦Jul 5, 2023
@stux 😄 👍