XPost: comp.sys.mac.advocacy, misc.phone.mobile.iphone   
   From: YourName@YourISP.com   
      
   On 2024-11-11 17:46:20 +0000, -hh said:   
      
   > 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.   
      
   Doesn't work. Many people call the cars "Beemers".   
      
      
      
   >> 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.   
      
   It's likely mostly Americans who can't pronounce it properly. They have   
   enough trouble with proper English, let alone any other language.  :-p   
      
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