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POLL: Bimmer or Beamer?

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WobbleWobble

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Reading Yao Ming's car thread, I noticed it was interesting that BMW cars are called "bimmer" rather than "beamer".

Everyone I know calls a BMW car a "beamer" though and in fact is the first time I've heard of the word "bimmer".

So for a BMW car, do you say "beamer" or "bimmer"? And I'm curious if geography has anything to do with it so please state where you're from.

I'm not so much concerned about what's "right", but what people think.

I say beamer here, Vancouver, Canada.

Edit: I'm asking more for pronouciation for the poll, but state what you would do written in a post.
 
when talking aloud, i say BMW or "beamer/beemer", even though I realize that's only referring to the motorcycles. While typing, i'll just type BMW.
 
I pronounce it beamer, but I write it bimmer. Most of the hardcore bimmer geeks I encounter are through non-physically-interactive mediums such as bimmer.org, so my pronounciation doesn't disrupt the pedants.
 
i say "beamer" because it logically is correct for a slang term

you say "BEE EMM DOUBLE U"

so, BEEMER is more correct than "bimmer"

the first time i ever saw bimmer was on these forums
 
Well, I *know* now that it's Bimmer. But I say Beamer. But just because the vast population thinks something to be correct does not make it correct. Case in point? AOL.
 
Originally posted by: FFMCobalt
Well, I *know* now that it's Bimmer. But I say Beamer. But just because the vast population thinks something to be correct does not make it correct. Case in point? AOL.
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Then go to a person and and show them a "bimmer", I think most'd be like "what's a bimmer" or "you mean beamer?"
 
Originally posted by: WobbleWobble
Originally posted by: FFMCobalt
Well, I *know* now that it's Bimmer. But I say Beamer. But just because the vast population thinks something to be correct does not make it correct. Case in point? AOL.
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Then go to a person and and show them a "bimmer", I think most'd be like "what's a bimmer" or "you mean beamer?"
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are you asking the spelling or the pronunciation of the word?
 
Originally posted by: FFMCobalt
Well, I *know* now that it's Bimmer. But I say Beamer. But just because the vast population thinks something to be correct does not make it correct. Case in point? AOL.
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that reminds me of when some baseball commisioner was talking about how the majority of people are in support of pete rose being in the hall of fame.
 
are they pronounced the same?

i have never heard anyone say Bimmer (pronunced with an I like in "it")

i have alaways thought it was Beemer (prounced Bee-mer)
 
Originally posted by: bigalt
Originally posted by: FFMCobalt
Well, I *know* now that it's Bimmer. But I say Beamer. But just because the vast population thinks something to be correct does not make it correct. Case in point? AOL.
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that reminds me of when some baseball commisioner was talking about how the majority of people are in support of pete rose being in the hall of fame.
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Yeah. And like the Al-Queda Information Officer. 😀 😀
 
Originally posted by: WobbleWobble
Originally posted by: fivespeed5


are you asking the spelling or the pronunciation of the word?
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Prounciation (see edited OP). Bimmer is pronounced "bim mer" right?
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no... its usually pronounced the same way you guys are saying beamer.
 
Originally posted by: boyRacer
Originally posted by: WobbleWobble
Originally posted by: fivespeed5


are you asking the spelling or the pronunciation of the word?
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Prounciation (see edited OP). Bimmer is pronounced "bim mer" right?
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no... its usually pronounced the same way you guys are saying beamer.
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right, it's pronounced beamer (the word BEAM + er), but spelled bimmer.
 
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