"Bimmer" or "Beamer" Debate
07-19-2007, 08:09 PM
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Originally Posted by Sans' post='449215' date='Jul 18 2007, 03:30 AM
Bimmer=car
Beemer=motorcycle
Both=happiness
Beemer=motorcycle
Both=happiness
07-20-2007, 12:07 AM
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Originally Posted by Iceman' post='449908' date='Jul 19 2007, 10:46 PM
You haven't understood this right!
W is pronounced "V" in German.
eg Weiss in german could be transliterated into English reading & pronunciation as Vice.
Hence the pronunciation of "W" in German cannot be transliterated as "Way" [Weh] but FOR AN ENGLISH SPEAKER is Vay since that is the ENGLISH sound that a German makes saying "W".
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07-20-2007, 12:36 PM
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Originally Posted by aybeesea' post='450117' date='Jul 20 2007, 10:07 AM
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W is pronounced "V" in German.
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W is pronounced "V" in German.
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It is NOT!
I am a German that speaks, reads and writes english longer than my mother tongue German.
I can tell you, you are WRONG!
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Originally Posted by Iceman' post='450354' date='Jul 20 2007, 09:36 PM
NO!
It is NOT!
I am a German that speaks, reads and writes english longer than my mother tongue German. I can tell you, you are WRONG!
It is NOT!
I am a German that speaks, reads and writes english longer than my mother tongue German.
I can tell you, you are WRONG! In fact the English "W" sound cannot be replicated using German pronunciation.
Oh, here's another one, notice: "Ww - Veh"
http://www.learngermanwords.com/lessons/pr...healphabet.html
oh, and another... German pronunciuation: w=v
http://www.omniglot.com/writing/german.htm
Oh... and another "The German letter W generally sounds like the English V." (OK, generally)...
http://www.rcaguilar.com/german/pronunciat...rmn-letters.htm
The point is it may not sound as "V" to a native German speaker, but it sure does to native English speakers. That's why like a bad German accent by English speakers of German (we seem to be great at ignoring umlauts for example), we get a distinctive German accent when listening to Germans speaking English, especially in the area of often pronouncing W as V.
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Originally Posted by aybeesea' post='451398' date='Jul 24 2007, 10:16 AM
There is no "W" sound in German which is equivalent to the "W" sound in German,
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Originally Posted by Argent60' post='449209' date='Jul 18 2007, 04:59 AM
I might be opening a can of worms here, but do you guys call your cars 'bimmers" or "beamers"?
I'm new here. I've always used bimmer, but almost everyone at work uses beamer when talking about BMW cars. I've tried searches on Google and came up with this.
http://www.bimmer5.com/bimmer-beamer-beemer-bmw.htm
and
http://www.bmwccbc.org/misc/tech-and-trivia/bimmer.html
I just wonder which actual owners think is more correct.
thanks,
I'm new here. I've always used bimmer, but almost everyone at work uses beamer when talking about BMW cars. I've tried searches on Google and came up with this.
http://www.bimmer5.com/bimmer-beamer-beemer-bmw.htm
and
http://www.bmwccbc.org/misc/tech-and-trivia/bimmer.html
I just wonder which actual owners think is more correct.
thanks,
Cheers
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Originally Posted by aybeesea' post='451398' date='Jul 24 2007, 10:16 AM
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DON'T ARGUE WITH ME ABOUT THIS!
I am German, and I speak English as good as German, maybe even better.
If you want to discuss this any further we need to meet or you can PM me if you want to.
W IS NOT !!! V
I see what you are trying, and this is TOTALLY wrong!
Just trust me, or PM me.
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