Can BMW spell?
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Originally Posted by theXman' post='972425' date='Aug 11 2009, 12:02 PM
Silber is a German language word meaning silver
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Originally Posted by 50LID' post='972413' date='Aug 11 2009, 11:54 AM
See if you can spot the spelling error in this image. My friend noticed it one day. Thought it was pretty funny so I decided so show you guys.
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Originally Posted by Rizbel' post='972436' date='Aug 11 2009, 12:07 PM
And that's how we Pinoys say silver also.
I was thinking the same thing 
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Originally Posted by 50LID' post='972413' date='Aug 11 2009, 08:54 PM
See if you can spot the spelling error in this image. My friend noticed it one day. Thought it was pretty funny so I decided so show you guys.
Update: Oops, never looked at so many replies that already say the same thing
Of course everyone heard of the story that Rolls Royce (pre-BMW) didn't realize that the translation of their car name "Silver Mist" translated into German as "Silber Scheisse"
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Originally Posted by craigm1841' post='972435' date='Aug 11 2009, 12:07 PM
by the way, silber is also Mexican for silver.
...oh here it comes.. I swear I am not racist. just looking for a cheap laugh
...oh here it comes.. I swear I am not racist. just looking for a cheap laugh
Not racist Craig, just wrong ethnicity - see Rizbel's post about Pinoys
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ooh is that what it meant??! i thought it was my engines name or something
