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Re: Decanter & BMW

To: reilly@admail.fnal.gov (Rob Reilly)
Subject: Re: Decanter & BMW
From: Roland Dudley <cobra@cdc.hp.com>
Date: Fri, 4 Feb 94 10:32:52 PST
>  Roland Dudley <cobra@cdc.hp.com> wrote:
> > but I've always assumed its origin was from the way BMW is pronounced in
> German.
> 
> Nein!   Kopfenabgeschliessen!
> Auf Deutschland sagt man "Bay Emm Vay".

I still don't think it's much of a stretch to assume that
bay-emm got Americanized to bee-eemm-er.

Roland


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