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  1. 09-07-2005, 01:37 PM #1
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    What color is this?

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  2. 09-07-2005, 01:43 PM #2
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    Aubergine?
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  3. 09-07-2005, 03:45 PM #3
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    The factory really messed up on this one...I mean, using the French word for eggplant as a color name??
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  4. 09-07-2005, 06:43 PM #4
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    Quote Originally Posted by pwd72s
    The factory really messed up on this one...I mean, using the French word for eggplant as a color name??
    I dunno, it sounds like a better car color name than the English word for eggplant.
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  5. 09-07-2005, 07:49 PM #5
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    Quote Originally Posted by pwd72s
    The factory really messed up on this one...I mean, using the French word for eggplant as a color name??
    Perhaps not..

    The Germans typically use the same word. It's regionally dependent.

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    1 Ergebnis für eggplant Aubergine {f}; Eierfrucht {f}; Melanzani {f} Auberginen {pl}

    Just as we use garage in English, so do the Germans. I grew up speaking German as the son of Austrian immigrants. For example for tomato at home we said "Paradise" the Northern Germans would say "Tomate."

    English 5 results for Bummler: drifter, drifters, johnny, laggard, truant, loafer

    Lots of dialects play into this language ya know... And thats more than you needed or wanted to know
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  6. 09-07-2005, 11:22 PM #6
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    Thats better than the Italian word for eggplant,which also stands for something else. The French word sounds pretty just like the color,the Italian word sounds derogatory.
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  7. 09-07-2005, 11:33 PM #7
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    The ENGLISH word for eggplant (the American word) is Aubergine
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  8. 09-08-2005, 04:11 AM #8
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    Isn't that car Royal Purple, looks like it to me.
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  9. 09-08-2005, 07:34 AM #9
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    Speaking of Aubergine, did anyone see recently that singer Jamiroquai bought an Aubergine RS...his first Porsche. Anybody know who he bought it from and if the owner is a member?
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    Aubergine RS

    I don't know if this is the one he bought, but it is supposedly very original and has been for sale in Europe for quite some time...http://www.konradsheim.at/
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