Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1998/07/03

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Subject: Re: [Leica] Leica snobbery
From: Bud Cook <budcook@ibm.net>
Date: Fri, 03 Jul 1998 08:41:09 -0500

In the U.S., the general usage is that a Beemer/Beamer is a BMW motorcycle and
a Bimmer is a BMW car.   However, everybody from General Motor ad agencies to
BMW owning professionals to Jan Leno call the cars Beemers.  This group also
botch the name of Porsche and that IS sacrilege:-)
Bud

Alan Ball wrote:

> been meaning to ask before: what is Beemer or Beemers or a beemer ? Is
> it something one eats ? Is it something one carries ? is it something
> one uses ? Never heard of those in my low lands...
>
> Alan,
> Brussels-Belgium