Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2003/12/27
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Frank, That adds an interesting twist, in the US, BM is short for bowel movement..... Bill - -----Original Message----- From: owner-leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us [mailto:owner-leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us]On Behalf Of Frank Dernie Sent: Saturday, December 27, 2003 1:40 PM To: leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us Subject: Re: [Leica] Now just inspired - Now Beamer So it is confirmed - Bimmer, beamer etc is American slang for a BMW. In England people would say "BM" in the same situation as an American would say bimmer I would guess. Good trivia! cheers Frank On Thursday, December 25, 2003, at 02:21 pm, Phong wrote: > Hello Frank, > > To be precise, a Beamer or Beemer is a BMW motorcycle. > A Bimmer is a BMW car. Not that I know more about > cars than you do, oh, no. Though I bet Boston is much > more polluted with Yuppies than say, Yorkshire, England. > > Merry Christmas everyone. > > - Phong > > In certain crowds, though possibly not the LUG, a Beamer is > one who drinks Jim Beam, a Bourbon whiskey. > > > Frank Dernie wrote: >> >> I always wondered what a Beamer was - now I can guess that it is >> American slang for BMW! The LUG is a great educational source! >> Happy Christmas everybody, >> Frank > > -- > To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html > - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html