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      07-17-2011, 04:42 PM   #16
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Originally Posted by aerobod View Post
Not if you are European, Beemer is used for cars as well as motorcycles in Europe more than bimmer. America somehow managed to botch the original translation (you know, like colour becoming color, aluminium becoming aluminum, etc).

Americans! lol



You know when we tour'd BMW's Classic... our tour guide told us that when BMW put the intials "B M W" - on the roundel too many Americans thought it meant British Motor Werk!

BMW = Bayerische Motoren Werke
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