bimmer or beemer?
or be m double-u , when u refer to ur car
06-25-2009, 06:04 AM
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Originally Posted by pipper' post='922531' date='Jun 24 2009, 05:18 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.
Thank you.
06-25-2009, 07:02 AM
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Originally Posted by pipper' post='922531' date='Jun 24 2009, 11:18 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.
06-25-2009, 01:35 PM
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Originally Posted by KCHNG' post='923344' date='Jun 25 2009, 05:02 PM
it's pronounced porsh ..
Porsche = Porsch Uh
BMW = Bee Emm Vey (as in Veyron)
5er = funfer
Mercedes = Merr zay d s (or Dime luh
)Autobahn = Ow toe barn (not Or toe barn)
VW = Fow Vey
Audi Avant = Ow dee a vant (as in vantage, not as in avantgarde the french word)
911 = noyn elfer
M5 = M funf
M3 = M dry
I don't think most germans wouldn't know what a bimmer, beemer or beamer is. If you were in an office environment and ask someone do they have a beamer, they'd bring you a projector to plug into your laptop for making a presentation.
06-25-2009, 01:55 PM
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Originally Posted by DD_545i' post='923898' date='Jun 25 2009, 02:35 PM
Porsch-uh because in Germany a trailing e is usually pronounced.
Porsche = Porsch Uh
BMW = Bee Emm Vey (as in Veyron)
5er = funfer
Mercedes = Merr zay d s (or Dime luh)
Autobahn = Ow toe barn (not Or toe barn)
VW = Fow Vey
Audi Avant = Ow dee a vant (as in vantage, not as in avantgarde the french word)
911 = noyn elfer
M5 = M funf
M3 = M dry
I don't think most germans wouldn't know what a bimmer, beemer or beamer is. If you were in an office environment and ask someone do they have a beamer, they'd bring you a projector to plug into your laptop for making a presentation.
Porsche = Porsch Uh
BMW = Bee Emm Vey (as in Veyron)
5er = funfer
Mercedes = Merr zay d s (or Dime luh
)Autobahn = Ow toe barn (not Or toe barn)
VW = Fow Vey
Audi Avant = Ow dee a vant (as in vantage, not as in avantgarde the french word)
911 = noyn elfer
M5 = M funf
M3 = M dry
I don't think most germans wouldn't know what a bimmer, beemer or beamer is. If you were in an office environment and ask someone do they have a beamer, they'd bring you a projector to plug into your laptop for making a presentation.
haha wow! good to know thanks!
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Originally Posted by DD_545i' post='923898' date='Jun 25 2009, 03:35 PM
Porsch-uh because in Germany a trailing e is usually pronounced.
Porsche = Porsch Uh
BMW = Bee Emm Vey (as in Veyron)
5er = funfer
Mercedes = Merr zay d s (or Dime luh)
Autobahn = Ow toe barn (not Or toe barn)
VW = Fow Vey
Audi Avant = Ow dee a vant (as in vantage, not as in avantgarde the french word)
911 = noyn elfer
M5 = M funf
M3 = M dry
I don't think most germans wouldn't know what a bimmer, beemer or beamer is. If you were in an office environment and ask someone do they have a beamer, they'd bring you a projector to plug into your laptop for making a presentation.
Porsche = Porsch Uh
BMW = Bee Emm Vey (as in Veyron)
5er = funfer
Mercedes = Merr zay d s (or Dime luh
)Autobahn = Ow toe barn (not Or toe barn)
VW = Fow Vey
Audi Avant = Ow dee a vant (as in vantage, not as in avantgarde the french word)
911 = noyn elfer
M5 = M funf
M3 = M dry
I don't think most germans wouldn't know what a bimmer, beemer or beamer is. If you were in an office environment and ask someone do they have a beamer, they'd bring you a projector to plug into your laptop for making a presentation.
Now the asian version lol
Porsche = Porse
BMW = BM
5er = fire
Mercedes = Mersaydi
Autobahn = what is dat
911 = Porse
M5 = M fie
M3 = M tree
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I call my BMW the BMW, or the five (5). I also call my wife's BMW the Black BMW, or the three (3). However due to lack of creativity I choose bimmer as a screen name... Soooo what is it then? Personally I don't think it matters... It can be any of the aforementioned names for all I care. However depending who you're talking to it might matter. Most people from my experience don't know what a 5 or bimmer is, so I have to say my BMW, but when I say BMW they immediately have some comment about me owning an expensive car - blah blah blah... Honestly, what ever works to get your point across.
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