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Considering a BMW - A Few Questions
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Considering a BMW - A Few Questions
On Mon, 2 Jan 2006 13:20:05 -0500, "Tom K."
> wrote: >To answer your question, don't abbreviate unless the meaning is very clear >to others who may have a different geographical/cultural background. > >Tom K. That's says it much better than I did. I hope the other posters get the point. I'm sure when someone say Benz or MB just about everybody knows what they mean. That evidently isn't the case when someone says Merc. Thanks for your help. Maybe now we can get back on topic and discuss BMWs. |
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On Mon, 2 Jan 2006 20:00:22 -0000, "Dori A Schmetterling"
> wrote: >I don't understand what this has to do with my "thinking". I gave you the >facts; do reread my post. > >I have no idea what the abbreviation for Ford Mercury is. That's my point. > >Let me also spell out the meaning of "said": outside USA and in BMW/Merc >NGs. > I looked up the defination of "said" and my dictionary didn't mention "USA." BTW this isn't a "BMW/Merc >I am well aware of the fact that "Merc" can also mean Ford Mercury but... >see above... > >Whilst literacy is not a requirement for NG contributors one does expect >posters to at least have a good read of the post to which they are replying. > >DAS > >For direct contact replace nospam with schmetterling >--- > >"jerri" > wrote in message .. . >> That still doesn't answer my question. How do you abbrereviate >> Mercury? In fifty years of driving I have heard people say Merc. many >> times and they were ALWAYS referring to Mercury. BTW I see many more >> Mercs. on the road than I do Mercedes! Perhaps I live in a poorer part >> of the world where there aren't as many people who can afford a MB as >> opposed to a Merc. I'm sure you feel you are correct and aren't going >> to change your tninking. If you answer my question, I may be willing >> to change mine. >> >> On Sun, 1 Jan 2006 23:43:32 -0000, "Dori A Schmetterling" >> > wrote: >> >>>Yes, he waa referring to Mercedes. In our part of the world (outside USA >>>and in BMW/Merc NGs) the usual abbreviation for Mercedes-Benz in English >>>is >>>MB or Merc). >>> >>>In said world VERY few people own Mercurys, so the confusion would not >>>arise... ;-) >>> >>>DAS >>> >>>For direct contact replace nospam with schmetterling >>>--- >>> >>>"jerri" > wrote in message ... >>>[...] >>>> >>>> I didn't know. How do you abbreviate Mercury in your part of the >>>> world. Where I am, a Mercury is called a Merc. Tell me your >>>> abbreviation for Mercury and if it's correct I'll start using it. In >>>> these parts a Mercedes is called a MB or a Benz. Thanks for your >>>> interest though. >>> >> > |
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Considering a BMW - A Few Questions
On Mon, 2 Jan 2006 20:00:22 -0000, "Dori A Schmetterling"
> wrote: >I don't understand what this has to do with my "thinking". I gave you the >facts; do reread my post. > >I have no idea what the abbreviation for Ford Mercury is. That's my point. > >Let me also spell out the meaning of "said": outside USA and in BMW/Merc >NGs. My dictionary doesn't agree with you and this isn't a "BMW/Merc NG." It's a BMW NG. >>I am well aware of the fact that "Merc" can also mean Ford Mercury but... >see above... > Guess what company put the Merc-O-Matic Transmission in their vehicles? >Whilst literacy is not a requirement for NG contributors one does expect >posters to at least have a good read of the post to which they are replying. > I agree 100%. Please follow your suggestion. This is starting to get silly and I won't read any more responses to this off topic subject. Let's get back to BMW. Can we at least agree on what BMW means? Maybe we can argue the meanings of Bimmer And Beemer! IRMC! >DAS > >For direct contact replace nospam with schmetterling >--- > >"jerri" > wrote in message .. . >> That still doesn't answer my question. How do you abbrereviate >> Mercury? In fifty years of driving I have heard people say Merc. many >> times and they were ALWAYS referring to Mercury. BTW I see many more >> Mercs. on the road than I do Mercedes! Perhaps I live in a poorer part >> of the world where there aren't as many people who can afford a MB as >> opposed to a Merc. I'm sure you feel you are correct and aren't going >> to change your tninking. If you answer my question, I may be willing >> to change mine. >> >> On Sun, 1 Jan 2006 23:43:32 -0000, "Dori A Schmetterling" >> > wrote: >> >>>Yes, he waa referring to Mercedes. In our part of the world (outside USA >>>and in BMW/Merc NGs) the usual abbreviation for Mercedes-Benz in English >>>is >>>MB or Merc). >>> >>>In said world VERY few people own Mercurys, so the confusion would not >>>arise... ;-) >>> >>>DAS >>> >>>For direct contact replace nospam with schmetterling >>>--- >>> >>>"jerri" > wrote in message ... >>>[...] >>>> >>>> I didn't know. How do you abbreviate Mercury in your part of the >>>> world. Where I am, a Mercury is called a Merc. Tell me your >>>> abbreviation for Mercury and if it's correct I'll start using it. In >>>> these parts a Mercedes is called a MB or a Benz. Thanks for your >>>> interest though. >>> >> > |
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Considering a BMW - A Few Questions
It was silly from the start and you are/were being cussed. I (and you)
don't need to know the abbreviation here for a Ford Mercury, which is not the subject of discussion in a BMW or Mercedes or for that matter in most other NGs. The Mercs that are mentioned are normally Mercedes-Benz vehicles and the word might even refer to the parent DC (DaimlerChrysler) Corporation, just so that you don't find another reason to be confused. DAS For direct contact replace nospam with schmetterling --- "jerri" > wrote in message ... [...] > This is starting to get silly [...] |
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Considering a BMW - A Few Questions
Dori A Schmetterling wrote:
> It was silly from the start and you are/were being cussed. I (and you) > don't need to know the abbreviation here for a Ford Mercury, which is not > the subject of discussion in a BMW or Mercedes or for that matter in most > other NGs. The Mercs that are mentioned are normally Mercedes-Benz vehicles > and the word might even refer to the parent DC (DaimlerChrysler) > Corporation, just so that you don't find another reason to be confused. I agree, quite silly. But I must admit that before I started to read usenet auto groups I had never, ever heard a Mercedes abbreviated as Merc even though my father owned Benzes as far back as 1968 and my family has never once owned a Mercury. You see, Merc as an abbreviation for Mercury is quite common here in the US. So naturally I too was thrown off until I figured out that all you Euro types were talking about the Daimler Benz and not FoMoCo products. I'm afraid it's just another of those (seemingly endless) US/Euro linguistic differences. Just one more thing to hate us all for... ;-) -- -Fred W |
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Oh no, just another entry for the British English - US English Dictionary...
http://www.peak.org/~jeremy/dictionary/ http://english2american.com/ Vive la difference! BTW, it is not US/Euro... In Europe there are only two English-speaking countries, and one of them is not very big. It is US/CA/UK/IE/AU/NZ/ZA/IN... DAS -- For direct contact replace nospam with schmetterling --- "Fred W" > wrote in message ... [...] > I'm afraid it's just another of those (seemingly endless) US/Euro > linguistic differences. Just one more thing to hate us all for... > > ;-) > > -- > -Fred W > |
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In article >,
Dori A Schmetterling > wrote: > In Europe there are only two English-speaking countries, and one of > them is not very big. There are 4 in the UK? Of course there is Welsh and the various types of Gaelic, but the main language in all four is English. With variations... -- *Everyone has a photographic memory. Some don't have film * Dave Plowman London SW To e-mail, change noise into sound. |
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Considering a BMW - A Few Questions
On Wed, 04 Jan 2006 17:31:36 +0000 (GMT), "Dave Plowman (News)"
> waffled on about something: >In article >, > Dori A Schmetterling > wrote: >> In Europe there are only two English-speaking countries, and one of >> them is not very big. > >There are 4 in the UK? Of course there is Welsh and the various types of >Gaelic, but the main language in all four is English. With variations... You've obviously never tried to communicate with a Geordie after 8 bottles of Newcastle brown! No way is that English! ) Dodgy. -- MUSHROOMS ARE THE OPIATE OF THE MOOSES |
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Considering a BMW - A Few Questions
Let's not confuse the foreigners with the legal position of England/Wales,
Scotland & Northern Ireland, and let's stick to the UK and Eire... :-) DAS -- For direct contact replace nospam with schmetterling --- "Dave Plowman (News)" > wrote in message ... > In article >, > Dori A Schmetterling > wrote: >> In Europe there are only two English-speaking countries, and one of >> them is not very big. > > There are 4 in the UK? Of course there is Welsh and the various types of > Gaelic, but the main language in all four is English. With variations... > > -- > *Everyone has a photographic memory. Some don't have film * > > Dave Plowman London SW > To e-mail, change noise into sound. |
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