Re: Scirocco; Miss Spellings???

["Peter Walsh" <cerksies@hotmail.com>]

Hello, 
I don't think it's an odd spelling, just a German spelling. Just go to 
www.scirocco.com and find out.  They named it after a wind and that's 
what this web pages seems to be displaying.

Pete


>I think we should accept Sirocco as a spelling.
>Well, maybe not accept, but perhaps be more lenient.
>Volkswagen used an odd spelling for the name in the first place.
>It is actually spelt Sirocco.
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>The Oxford English dictionary says
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>scirocco
>var. of sirocco.
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>and
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>sirocco n. (also scirocco) (pl. -os)
>a hot, oppressive, often dusty or rainy wind blowing from N. Africa 
across
>the Mediterranean to southern Europe.
>[French from Italian scirocco, ultimately from Arabic Saruk ‘east 
wind’]
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>What annoys me more is when people pronounce the first c in Scirocco. 
As in
>Skerocco.
>The 'C' is a silent letter.
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>Mark Thomas '87 Scirocco GT
>Email: scirocco.gt@virgin.net
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> Big time!!! I have seen this so much, and everytime I see it I think 
to
>myself "How can people be so dumb???" Miss Spellings I have seen in the
>past:
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>Sirocco
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>Sciroco
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>Scirocolo <--- I don't know where the "L" comes from
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>Sciricko <--- ??????
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>I'm sure I've seen more, but these are the ones I can
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>remember off the top of my head
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>==
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>Paul Maione (Rump Rocker)
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>Scirocco 86' 8v
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>In search for a Rabbit GTI (Given up. Lack of funds)
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>[]D [] []V[] []D
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>http://www.geocities.com/MotorCity/Garage/9149/scirocco2.htm
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>-The nicest looking Scirocco in a 12 Kilmoter radius.-
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>(Actually, the only Scirocco within a 12 Kilometer radius!!)
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