Pronunciation/Brand names
How do you pronounce BMW?
B-M-W/ˌbiː ɛm ˈdʌbəl juː/
Commonly said as: saying it as one word
bee em double you
BMW
What it is
BMW is the German carmaker, Bayerische Motoren Werke.
Why it gets said wrong
Three separate letters. German says bay-em-vay; English uses the English letter names.
Hear it in a sentence
He switched to a BMW.
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