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Bimmers are cars...Beamers are Motorcycles
Just thought I'd try to clear up this often misused nomenclature.
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Now that Porsche is in the sports ute market...anybody hear of them designing motorcycles as well?
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Prevaricators typically can't spell nomenclature.
Is that just a colloquialism ?  Mrdi Last edited by Mrdi; 11-12-2001 at 12:18 PM.. |
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Oh boy - let's conjugate!
bimmer - beamer - bimmered - bummer
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Conjugation of bimmer:
Ich bimme Du bimmst er/sie/es bimmt Wir bimmen Ihr bimmt Sie bimmen I believe that beamer is irregular (idiomatic? sportmatic? tiptronic?): Ich beam Du beamst er/sie/es beam Wir beamer Ihr beamt Sie beamer I believe the "bummer" form is only used when the direct object is something produced in Munich, or the indirect object is from Stuttgart. |
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John,
From someone who spent almost ten years circled in by the DDR... what does the DDR in your "header" stand for?
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MRDI - I'd love to oblige but I'm sure if this verb is reflexive or reciprocal! Oui? For our Canadian friends, Ey?
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88 Porsche Carrera/911 
88 Porsche 911 not a V8 
1979 Porsche 911SC 3.0
