"Bimmer" or "Beamer" Debate
07-18-2007, 09:07 PM
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Originally Posted by Iceman' post='449363' date='Jul 18 2007, 05:00 PM
A Beamer is a projector! My home cinema has a beamer!!
Beemer = BMW Motorcycle
Bimmer = BMW car
Bummer = BMW SUV (X)
In Germany they are simply BMW's.
07-18-2007, 11:30 PM
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Originally Posted by Iceman' post='449404' date='Jul 18 2007, 10:57 PM
Wiktionary
Look under "IPA" (= International Phonetic Alphabet)
I can't tell you uf your way is correct, until I hear it.
If you say the above in english it sounds wrong.
In Germany it would be:
B = Beh
M = Emm
W = Weh
Look under "IPA" (= International Phonetic Alphabet)
I can't tell you uf your way is correct, until I hear it.
If you say the above in english it sounds wrong.
In Germany it would be:
B = Beh
M = Emm
W = Weh
A BMW car is prounonced BAY-EM-VAY in German. A VW is a FOW-VAY. A bra is a BAY-HAH (BH) in German. Many other German words are reduced to letters in the same way: Lkw (truck, ELL-KA-VAY), Pkw (car, PAY-KA-VAY), ICE (high-speed train, EE-SAY-AY).
For a german speaker to use "weh" when "w" is pronounced "v" can be entirely understood, but remember, here we're phoenticising in English, not in German (since that would be rather pointless in this particular case).
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07-18-2007, 11:58 PM
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Originally Posted by Iceman' post='449369' date='Jul 18 2007, 11:09 PM
Correct would be:
Beh Emm Weh
Beh Emm Weh
Watt ze problem? 
07-19-2007, 12:57 AM
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I like Be - Em, but the mrs always refers to it as the Beemer, but she is a cockney!!
07-19-2007, 01:58 AM
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Originally Posted by narvselius' post='449640' date='Jul 19 2007, 08:58 AM
Same here in Scandinavia... Watt ze problem?
Watt ze problem? In Germany, using English transliteration, it's
Bay Em Vay.
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Originally Posted by Member545' post='449670' date='Jul 19 2007, 12:03 PM
http://www.google.com/search?source=ig&hl=en&q=beamers+bmw+uk&btnG=Google+Search
I think we get the point.
There are country differences.
I wonder when the USA first imported a Bay Emm Vay and renamed it Bimmer?
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07-19-2007, 07:24 AM
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Originally Posted by Member545' post='449670' date='Jul 19 2007, 01:03 PM
Ahh yes, the Calvinistic legacy runs deep in the US...
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