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Beautiful.
Some men are born mediocre, some men achieve mediocrity, and some men have mediocrity thrust upon them.
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chriselst wrote: I'm in a grumpy mood today.
Because Nagy moves near you...?  
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U. G. Leander wrote: Because Nagy moves near you
I don't know how to pronounce that name but it looks like Naggy to me, something wives are famous for doing to their husbands, so you could be right. 
There are only 10 types of people in the world, those who understand binary and those who don't.
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I've always pronounced it Nagy too, in my head, I don't read this stuff out loud.
It is supposed to be pronounced to rhyme with lodge I think.
Nagy Vilmos is a joke in Hungarian, it means something along the lines of Big Willy.
Some men are born mediocre, some men achieve mediocrity, and some men have mediocrity thrust upon them.
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Correct the lad!
veni bibi saltavi
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I grew up in Hungary and never heard 'Nagy Vilmos' as a joke...
I do not know why our Nagy choose the name (maybe a translation of Big Willy?), but if you look up that name you will find someone very interesting...(Wikipedia)
Skipper: We'll fix it.
Alex: Fix it? How you gonna fix this?
Skipper: Grit, spit and a whole lotta duct tape.
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Maybe not, but it was funny at the time. When I moved to Hungary, my boss called me Willy or Big Willy; as my names William. I needed an email and so signed up for a free account with the name Nagy Vilmos. I've used it ever since; 18 years or so.
veni bibi saltavi
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Interesting...Did your boss knew that Big Willy has some secondary meanings? If did, than it should be really funny...
Skipper: We'll fix it.
Alex: Fix it? How you gonna fix this?
Skipper: Grit, spit and a whole lotta duct tape.
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Of course he did, our office was the like the warm up area for this[^] 
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Those fine years!!! 
Skipper: We'll fix it.
Alex: Fix it? How you gonna fix this?
Skipper: Grit, spit and a whole lotta duct tape.
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To ruin everything, it should be pronounced "nodge" to rhyme with dodge.
Oh and in Vilmos the 's' is an 'sh' sound.
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 I always thought it was your real name. 
There are only 10 types of people in the world, those who understand binary and those who don't.
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It's my 'real' online name
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Vilmos IS his real name...He probably added Nagy (which means big) because of certain problems with his self confidence...
Skipper: We'll fix it.
Alex: Fix it? How you gonna fix this?
Skipper: Grit, spit and a whole lotta duct tape.
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If I recall correctly he's driving a Peugeot or Vauxhall or similar. No lack of confidence there.
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It was an Opel but we have a Renault as the family car. I also have a vintage sports car for playing.
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Going from an Opel to a Renault is having balls the size of watermelons in my book.
It's either that or a being a complete pillock. 
A vintage sportscar sounds a lot more interesting.
How vintage is it?
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It's only 1971, but it has a custom body and looks like a 1930's Aston Martin - NG TA[^] 
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That's an officially cool car!
But is it really from 1971?
According to the german wikipedia the company was founded in 1979.
I can't find any english wikipedia entry.
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Thanks. She started life in 1971 as an MGB and was rebuilt [in 1981 IIRC] as a NG TA, but kept her original paperwork hence she's a '71. We bought her in 2006 and love her to bits, now we're waiting for some good weather again so we can take her out.
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OIC.
I will have to admit I'm more than just a bit envious.
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iirc age is derived from the donor car, so even if the kit was built this year the new car is given the identity(reg plate, age, exclusion from taxation) from the donor vehicle
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I see, I wasn't aware that it was working that way. Makes sense though.
Thanks for clarifying.
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Nagy Vilmos wrote: to rhyme with dodge
Or todge(r).
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[ˈnɒɟ][^]
Skipper: We'll fix it.
Alex: Fix it? How you gonna fix this?
Skipper: Grit, spit and a whole lotta duct tape.
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