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Originally Posted by MBrown1003
You'll note that the magazine published by the Boston Chapter is Boston Bimmer. And it's pronounced as it's spelled...I've never heard it pronounced as "Boston Beemer", and that includes all the interactions I had when working as Associate Editor and later as Executive Editor of the magazine.
While we're talking misnomers, I'll agree with the comments on "porsh" versus "por-shuh". But the worst is "Merc". To me, "Merc" is either the division between Ford and Lincoln, or a builder of marine engines...but never a German car company that's based in Stuttgart (I think).
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Great post. Thanks for the info, and the laugh.