Linguistic difference between father and son - any German input would be very welcome?

A German will pronounce Volkswagen "Folksvagen" BMW is "Bey-Em-Vey"Wiesbaden is "Viesbaden" Wunderbar (wonderful) is pronounced Vunderbar. My husband's family is German and I would say your dad is right.

Listen to your father, son :) "W" in German is in fact "V" :- BMW is pronounced "BAY-EM-VAY" (everything Rochelle wrote is correct)- LKW (truck) is prononuced "ELL-KA-VAY" - WENN (if, whenever) is pronounced "VEN"Also, "V" is pronounced "FOW. " - VATER (father) is pronounced "FATER"- VIER (four) is pronounced "FIER"- and my Italian last name beginning with "V" is pronounced with "FOW" and it's annoying! Believe me on this one; I'm not a native German, but I live in Germany, speak 5 languages, and hold a degree in linguistics :)It's nice that Germans make you feel at home :) And hey, I just remebered, Germans learn English gladly and when they speak English, then of course, they do proununce "W" as the Brits and Americans do (but not in their own language).

You have to tell your Dad I'm on his side LOL.

I cant really gove you an answer,but what I can give you is a way to a solution, that is you have to find the anglde that you relate to or peaks your interest. A good paper is one that people get drawn into because it reaches them ln some way.As for me WW11 to me, I think of the holocaust and the effect it had on the survivors, their families and those who stood by and did nothing until it was too late.