XPost: comp.sys.mac.advocacy, misc.phone.mobile.iphone   
   From: nuh-uh@nope.com   
      
   On 2024-11-11 13:12, Your Name wrote:   
   > 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".   
      
   And normal people don't decide that people can't own a BMW...   
      
   ...based on whether or not they know the slang terminology.   
      
   :-)   
      
      
      
   >>> 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   
   "Hey I finished painting, but you don't have a "porch"...   
      
   ...you've got a Ferrari".   
      
   :-)   
      
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