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Wankel engine (en.wikipedia.org)
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[–] Plum 35 points 2 months ago (3 children)

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

[–] [email protected] 19 points 2 months ago (2 children)

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

(/ˈvaŋkəl̩/, VUN-kell)

[–] Plum 22 points 2 months ago (2 children)

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

[–] [email protected] 12 points 2 months ago (1 children)

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

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

[–] Plum 6 points 2 months ago
[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 months ago (1 children)

so you pronounce it like a chinese?

[–] Plum 2 points 2 months ago
[–] TriflingToad 5 points 2 months ago

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

[–] [email protected] 13 points 2 months ago (2 children)

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.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 2 months ago (1 children)

They're called rotaries because they have rotors.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 2 months ago (1 children)

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

[–] [email protected] 6 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

They're called Wankels because one of the contributors was Felix Wankel and his last name happens to have humorous connotations.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 2 months ago

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

[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 months ago

Too bad there are no Tossel or Buggel engines though...