Re: oh no, bimmer vs beamer thread!

["Kittock" <red951@xxxxxxxxxx>]

I've only been a BMW fan for 20 something years, and have only known bimmer.
People I know who have been involved with BMWs since the 60s also refer to
the cars as bimmers.  Maybe different parts of the country had their own
nicknames.  Whenever someone asks me how I like my beamer I reply I don't
have a motorcycle!

Not trying to start this thread up again, just offering a possible
explanation.

Mark




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>Date: Sun, 11 Mar 2001 00:51:03 -0800
>From: "James Nelson" <xi@domain.elided>
>Subject: RE: beemers
>
>So is there supposed to be a difference in pronunciation, as well as
>spelling? I've always heard and said "bee-mers", except in a few cases
>of people unfamiliar with the marque.
>
>Cheerio,
>
>James Nelson...
>
>> From: Ted Crum [mailto:tedcrum@domain.elided]
>>
>> When I started working with BMW cycles in the early 60's, they were
>> Beemers. When I started working with BMW 700 cars latter in
>> the 60's, they
>> were still Beemers. 1600's, 2002's; still Beemers. The ugly
>> word Bimmer was
>> not to be spat from the sneering lips of the Hollywood/Marin
>> yuppy who made
>> our cars infamous until the late 70's. The general public calls them
>> Beemers, as do many of us who refuse to yield to small-minded post-hoc
>> rulemakers.

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