PCC Posted October 11, 2013 Share Posted October 11, 2013 So which is it? Brochures say Possl and Possl is written on the vans, but the website and email address say Poessl. Has the name changed? Is it a rather strange German joke? Or is it a slip in the famed German efficiency? I'm puzzled. Peter Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lennyhb Posted October 11, 2013 Share Posted October 11, 2013 Probably German grammar when writing the word in English without the ascent over the O as the character would be unacceptable in an email address, just like when Straße becomes Strasse. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
laimeduck Posted October 11, 2013 Share Posted October 11, 2013 The umlaut denotes a missing "e" but if I remember correctly, umlauts are not always used on Capital letters.......... QED Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
malc d Posted October 11, 2013 Share Posted October 11, 2013 PCC - 2013-10-11 3:54 PM So which is it? Brochures say Possl and Possl is written on the vans, but the website and email address say Poessl. Has the name changed? Is it a rather strange German joke? Or is it a slip in the famed German efficiency? I'm puzzled. Peter Probably because in German there is an " umlaut " ( i.e. two dots over the letter 'o' ) which is not pronounceable in English. The English pronounciation would be something like ' Persl ' I don't think the Germans have any reputation for making jokes have they ? :-D p.s. well it looks like we all agree on something ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest JudgeMental Posted October 11, 2013 Share Posted October 11, 2013 either? but I have always said Possl, they use both as this copy of link shows "[PDF] Always best on the road. - Pössl www.poessl-mobile.de/download/kunde/2011/.../Poessl_Prospekt_EN.pd...? PÖSSL. Always best on the road. Pössl Motorhomes ..." dealer that a few of us use in Germany, sells about 40 vans a week in season...extrapolate that out through the dealerships in europe and they are shifting a serious amount of metal.... for some reason Possl seems to be a bit cheaper then the more or less identical globecar..but personally cant stand the Globecar graphics.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AliB Posted October 11, 2013 Share Posted October 11, 2013 Common German spelling when there is an umlaut as in Burstner or Buerstner. http://www.buerstner.com/uk/motorhomes.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
malc d Posted October 11, 2013 Share Posted October 11, 2013 PCC - 2013-10-11 3:54 PM So which is it? Brochures say Possl and Possl is written on the vans, but the website and email address say Poessl. Has the name changed? Is it a rather strange German joke? Or is it a slip in the famed German efficiency? I'm puzzled. Peter I assume they use " Poessl " for e-mail and website because there are no " umlauts " on most qwerty keyboards, so a lot of people couldn't type their name. :-| Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PCC Posted October 11, 2013 Author Share Posted October 11, 2013 That explains it. Many thanks, it had me puzzled. Peter Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Derek Uzzell Posted October 12, 2013 Share Posted October 12, 2013 The company was founded by Peter Pössl (now retired) around 1990, so "Pössl" is the 'correct' name. As has been pointed out, accented letters are not allowed for things like URLs - hence www.poessl-mobile.de or www.buerstner.com I suspect that most UK people would pronounce Pössl like "possible" but (apparently) that's not how a German would. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YoC0-QVK8KY Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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