is it DELPHIN or DOLPHIN??

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Post Tue Jan 24, 2006 3:38 am

ive been arguing with mates over this subject for months
so i thought its time to bring an end to it. :)

i said that i thought it was delphin grey even though
most people tend to think its dolphin grey.

i have no idea as to why this is and i hope im right

please tell me im right :wink:
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Post Tue Jan 24, 2006 3:39 am

both because german for dolphin is.......you guessed it
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Post Tue Jan 24, 2006 3:40 am

depends if you are german or english!!

diamond black is diamond schwartz
alpine white is alpine wisse os something similar
lachs silver is lachs liver, but in german lachs means salmon ie the fish!!

salmon siver dont sound to good does it!!
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Post Tue Jan 24, 2006 3:58 am

stevetigger wrote:both because german for dolphin is.......you guessed it
so i can say to them ive won the argument then cos
e30 is originally german so they are right winkeye winkeye :P
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Post Tue Jan 24, 2006 5:00 am

its easy to solve. look at your suspension turret it says Delphin not dolphin and its diamant not diamond, your would say lachs silver rather then salmon silver so why not delphin over dolphin, and they are pronounced BMV not BMW, and there is no such model as a VW beetle is was a Kafer (except modern equivilent) ,and its tomatoe not tamayto so quite a pointless arguement really,

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Post Tue Jan 24, 2006 11:16 am

mrLEE30 wrote:its easy to solve. look at your suspension turret it says Delphin not dolphin and its diamant not diamond, your would say lachs silver rather then salmon silver so why not delphin over dolphin, and they are pronounced BMV not BMW, and there is no such model as a VW beetle is was a Kafer (except modern equivilent) ,and its tomatoe not tamayto so quite a pointless arguement really,

mrlee
mine is actually black but was just arguing that its delphin
originally and not dolphin

but good rant either way :lol: :lol:
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Post Tue Jan 24, 2006 11:18 am

You can't really say "Delpin grey" mate, it's a mixture of English and German.

I think if you'd said "Delphingrau" or whatever the German is you'd have more of a standing in the argument.

You lose I'm afraid :wink:
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Post Tue Jan 24, 2006 12:14 pm

i think its only called delphin metallic anyway, no mention of grey, will check mine,

and eun yours is schwarz and most probably diamantschwarz!

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Post Tue Jan 24, 2006 12:39 pm

Zayyan wrote:You can't really say "Delpin grey" mate, it's a mixture of English and German.

I think if you'd said "Delphingrau" or whatever the German is you'd have more of a standing in the argument.

You lose I'm afraid :wink:
zayyan........your supposed to be on my side :-x winkeye

and when you gonna edit my name into the thread?

ive been there long enough winkeye
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Post Tue Jan 24, 2006 12:40 pm

potayto potarto :D
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Post Tue Jan 24, 2006 2:58 pm

Who gives a fcuk, its grey! :cool: :D
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Post Thu Jan 26, 2006 12:17 am

WELL MATES............
'TIS THE GREAT "DELPHINI" HERE AND ITS DELPHIN SEZ I !!!!!
Hence forth my delphin metallic '87 325 i CABRIO sez ,so furthermore it must be! 8)
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Post Thu Jan 26, 2006 2:07 am

delphini wrote:WELL MATES............
'TIS THE GREAT "DELPHINI" HERE AND ITS DELPHIN SEZ I !!!!!
Hence forth my delphin metallic '87 325 i CABRIO sez ,so furthermore it must be! 8)
well done delphini :D

you might be across the pond but your fighting my corner lol winkeye
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Post Thu Jan 26, 2006 9:29 am

eun wrote:
Zayyan wrote:You can't really say "Delpin grey" mate, it's a mixture of English and German.

I think if you'd said "Delphingrau" or whatever the German is you'd have more of a standing in the argument.

You lose I'm afraid :wink:
zayyan........your supposed to be on my side :-x winkeye
I am! I'm trying to help you not make a fool of yourself :wink:

I will edit your name into the thread title eventually winkeye
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