| To: | reilly@admail.fnal.gov (Rob Reilly) |
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| 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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