gibbons Posted November 21, 2006 Report Share Posted November 21, 2006 F2? Pretty boring name in English. But.... I remember playing Hogan's Heroes when I was a kid, and counting in the German we learned from the TV show. I remember Eins, Vigh, Drigh (phoenetically, of course). So, in German, if 2 sounds like Vigh, how do you say phoenetically say "F"? Maybe it's something cool like "Figh" so you get "Figh-Vigh"? That sounds more cool than Eff-too in English. Can you German speakers out there please clarify? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Menno Posted November 21, 2006 Report Share Posted November 21, 2006 Can dutch people answer this too? eff-zwigh Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gibbons Posted November 21, 2006 Author Report Share Posted November 21, 2006 And French is "eff-deuh", that's probably on the English un-cool level, too. I will have to ask my son Comrade what it is in Mandarin Chinese :D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fluke Posted November 21, 2006 Report Share Posted November 21, 2006 F2 sounds boring in German too. It's pronounced as "Eff-Tsvigh" or "Eff-Tsvoh". I guess the name is an acronym (sp?) of the company formerly known as "Fun & Function", but I can be wrong here. No, no connection to V2, ME 109 or any other weird WW II stuff. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr.E Posted November 21, 2006 Report Share Posted November 21, 2006 Function Fin Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gibbons Posted November 21, 2006 Author Report Share Posted November 21, 2006 Interesting! I wonder if the German guys cringe when they hear "eff-too" like French guys do when they hear "dee-rail-ler" for "derailleur", correctly pronounced sorta like "day-rrrigh-yerrr" with that rolling French "r" that is impossible for anglophones to say. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hans Posted November 21, 2006 Report Share Posted November 21, 2006 Fun and Function. This brand became at first very famous for its very nice windsurfingdecks (WC Bjorn Dunkerbeck), in the Netherlands we say èf-too. Greets, Hans. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pebu Posted November 21, 2006 Report Share Posted November 21, 2006 How about f squared? Is that a little more interesting? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pow Posted November 21, 2006 Report Share Posted November 21, 2006 I always thought the name had something to do with a "Formula-one" racecar, although i dont know why the number is "2" for the F2s so im probably wrong Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gibbons Posted November 21, 2006 Author Report Share Posted November 21, 2006 Better than "F to the second power" for sure! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kirk Posted November 21, 2006 Report Share Posted November 21, 2006 I will have to ask my son Comrade what it is in Mandarin Chinese :D No alphabet in Chinese - they would just use "F". Two (2) is "er" (pinyin - pronounced similar to "r" or "are"). That would sound, well...bizarre Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
freecarver Posted November 21, 2006 Report Share Posted November 21, 2006 Yes it's "F" in the square and means "Fun and Function." And as Hans said they started of making windsurfing boards first. Snowboards came way later. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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