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35 points

Also you get to say Wankel all the time with a serious face.

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19 points

You’d want to pronounce it closer to as it is in German to be accurate.

(/ˈvaŋkəl̩/, VUN-kell)

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22 points

Yeah, but I’m seven and a half years old and American.

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Your account would then exist in violation of COPPA and should be banned.

(Yes, I’m aware you are not being serious.)

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2 points

so you pronounce it like a chinese?

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5 points

I don’t think you understand how LITTLE that clears up the pronunciation

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13 points

Anyone who calls it a “rotary” engine is physically incapable of having fun. Plus rotary engines are reciprocating engines that powered early WW1 fighter planes, where the whole engine spins with the propeller for reasons I’m too modern to understand.

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6 points

Air cooling, spin the heads so they get a whole lot of fresh air at all times and they’re lighter than the alternatives.

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6 points

They’re called rotaries because they have rotors.

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9 points

They’re called wankels because it’s a much funnier word.

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4 points

Too bad there are no Tossel or Buggel engines though…

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