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   From: recscuba_google@huntzinger.com   
      
   On 11/9/24 10:05 AM, badgolferman wrote:   
   > Andrews wrote:   
   >   
   >> I never claimed to be a BMW expert - I simply claimed to own a bimmer   
   >> and a beemer and because of that, I know a lot about those two   
   >> vehicles.   
   >   
   > I'm ignorant as to the difference between a "bimmer" and a "beemer" so   
   > maybe you can explain it to me.  Why don't people just say BMW?  It's   
   > not like that's a long acronym.   
      
   Looks like no one cleanly answered your question.   
      
   FWIW, I always have to go look up this trivia, as I've never become   
   invested enough in BMW to care enough to remember:   
      
   Bimmer is the slang for BMW's automobiles;   
   Beemer is the slang for BMW's motorcycles.   
      
      
   > I may have mentioned this once.  My mother who is German made sure I   
   > knew how to pronounce Audi correctly.  She hated when people pronounced   
   > it "au-di" and said it's pronounced "ow-di".   
      
   Similarly, that Porsche is two syllables, not one.   
      
      
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