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Hej RC

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Dawn

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The Russian word for train station вокзал comes from English Vauxhall... but why?

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1 hour ago, DasCapschen said:

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Dawn

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Hej Caps

 

Vauxhall is a car brand and is also associated with stations.

Is it a corruption of Volks Halle? Which sort of fits with the station building idea.

Maybe a myth that when the Russians visited England and were taken from Westminster to look at the new fangled railways and were taken across the river to see a railway station and they asked "what is this (building)?" And the reply was "Vauxhall" as they were stood in the station of the area of Vauxhall.

 

It wouldn't be the first time similar has happened. Suit in Japanese "sabiro" is a corruption of Saville Row the famous tailors street in London

Edited September 17, 2018 by Dawnchaser

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Huh. Interesting idea.

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Boo, Wiki, that's a less fun explaination

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vauxhall

Faulke's Hall

Edited September 17, 2018 by Dawnchaser

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Ah

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It's the Cloud family

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DasCloudchen  

Edited September 17, 2018 by SparklingSwirls

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Hi Swirls

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Cloudchaser  

...Oh wait...  

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Swirly!

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Cloudchaser could have been a good username ...if it wasn't taken

...although more accurately I tend to try to avoid it, but "Cb-avoider" is odd

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Boo! Umlaute aren't allowed in names

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Did we realise that with the Germanification of names a while back when we had "Der Kerzenwaechter" etc?

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Maybe

Good night

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Sparklingclouds 

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Night Caps

Hi Flutters