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Originally Posted by mineistaken
Reminds me - once in the US some dude asked me what car do I drive. At that time I had a bmw, I said: bee em vee. He had no idea wtf was that. I repeated few times more and maybe after 60 seconds he - ah, bee em double yoo.
Now I am thinking was he pretty dumb or people actually would not understand what a bee em vee means when talking about cars?
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never heard of a beemer called a "bee em vee"
EDIT, I've actually watched the video now and in every example, the Brits are saying them in the same way the advertisers pronounce them on TV.