[quote name='scaldwell' post='60305' date='Sep 23 2008, 06:16 AM']Hi
I need some help from German speakers. I am looking at possible vanity plates, for my new 968. I thought of "9 SIX 8" and "9 SIXTY 8" but in case they are taken I was thinking of "9 SECHS 8", SECHS being the German word for SIX. In colloquial english we say NINE SIX EIGHT along with nine hundred and sixty-eight, does the same apply in German? Would Germans say NEUN SECHS ACHT for 968?
Thanks
Steve
BTW a cute vanity plate at a Porsche show "MI LIF CRI"[/quote]
You're kinda' right and kinda' not about the German translation. It depends on who you're talking to really. It also has everything to do with dialect. I've had friends and mechs call it both a "Neun Sechs Acht" but more often, and very much like Bio said, "neun achtundsechzig".
It's kind of like calling a 911 a "Nine One One". Not the norm for sure. Germans usually call their 911's simply "elfers" or just plain "neun elf". Gotta' love German!!! <img src="/forum/images/smilies/968/wink.gif" class="smilie" alt="" /> Hey, what's not to love about Germany right??!!!!!
Rock on brother! <img src="/forum/images/smilies/968/biggrin.gif" class="smilie" alt="" />