Various Topics on BMW

..chael.poplaws.. ..ail.c..

> >>>Some people seem to have the idea that the letters BMW actually
> >>>mean something.

A German boy I met many years ago filled me in: Bayerischer Mistwagen.

(translation: **** Bavarian Car)

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Mike

PS Maybe it's been discussed here already, but one BMW model makes the
list of 50 cars in the book **** Cars. It's a miniature coffee table
book which I'm sure will bring back many memories.

.... .. ..hmetterli..

1) BMW. Never heard that. On the wacky 'baccy?

2) AMG. Sounds only vaguely similar to an unrelated English phrase and
certainly has no resonances in German.

DAS
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Dodgywrote in message

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>
> And just to chuck a bit more high octane fuel onto the fire of what to
> call a BMW car, the Germans call them Baum Vays (that's my attempt at
> translating their pronunciation into English!).
>
> And just for amusement, you know those AMG Merc's? Do you know how the
> Germans pronounce AMG? Think about it...
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..cha.. ..xt..

> And just for amusement, you know those AMG Merc's? Do you know how the
> Germans pronounce AMG? Think about it...

Yeah: "Mach schnell".


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Ah. Got it. Hmm, niiice.

"Dori A Schmetterling" <ng@nospam.co.uk> wrote in message
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> 1) BMW. Never heard that. On the wacky 'baccy?
>
> 2) AMG. Sounds only vaguely similar to an unrelated English phrase and
> certainly has no resonances in German.
>
> DAS
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> "Dodgy" <Dodgy@earth.planet.universe> wrote in message
> news:me6662loghi0gjuk2ais91sno9i3tovsu2@4ax.com...
> [...]
>>
>> And just to chuck a bit more high octane fuel onto the fire of what to
>> call a BMW car, the Germans call them Baum Vays (that's my attempt at
>> translating their pronunciation into English!).
>>
>> And just for amusement, you know those AMG Merc's? Do you know how the
>> Germans pronounce AMG? Think about it...
> [...]
>
>

..d..

On Thu, 11 May 2006 22:17:36 +0100, "Dori A Schmetterling"
waffled on about something:

>1) BMW. Never heard that. On the wacky 'baccy?

Well I'm only going on what my German friend told me!

>2) AMG. Sounds only vaguely similar to an unrelated English phrase and
>certainly has no resonances in German.

Well I didn't honestly think it would mean anything like that in
German! It's just amusing for a Brit to hear how the German's say it.

Guess it's still not as bad as trying to sell a Nova (either the Chevy
version or the Vauxhall) to Spanish speakers. That's gotta be my fave.

Dodgy.
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