bimmer or beemer?
06-24-2009, 01:10 PM
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i heard if your referring to a car its bimmer, and bmw bikes are beemers?
any truth to this? i feel like a douche when saying bim-mer in reference to my ride, but in print it looks right.
anyone care to chime in?
any truth to this? i feel like a douche when saying bim-mer in reference to my ride, but in print it looks right.
anyone care to chime in?
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Originally Posted by skelevirus' post='922513' date='Jun 24 2009, 04:10 PM
i heard if your referring to a car its bimmer, and bmw bikes are beemers?
06-24-2009, 01:15 PM
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Originally Posted by GENEaTALS' post='922515' date='Jun 24 2009, 02:12 PM
06-24-2009, 01:18 PM
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call it a BMW...as in bee, emm, double-u
just my opinion but its annoying when people call them anything else...just as when people call porsches, a porsh.
just my opinion but its annoying when people call them anything else...just as when people call porsches, a porsh.
06-24-2009, 01:21 PM
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Originally Posted by pipper' post='922531' date='Jun 24 2009, 02:18 PM
call it a BMW...as in bee, emm, double-u
just my opinion but its annoying when people call them anything else...just as when people call porsches, a porsh.
just my opinion but its annoying when people call them anything else...just as when people call porsches, a porsh.
06-24-2009, 01:21 PM
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Originally Posted by Rislar' post='922532' date='Jun 24 2009, 02:19 PM
"beamer" in the UK buddy 
06-24-2009, 01:22 PM
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Yep, it's totally geographically dependent... One man's Beamer is another man's Bimmer...
06-24-2009, 01:32 PM
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Originally Posted by swajames' post='922535' date='Jun 24 2009, 02:22 PM
Yep, it's totally geographically dependent... One man's Beamer is another man's Bimmer...
should be cool then in cali to call em a beamer cuz our dialect is so light and airy?
