How do YOU teach others to remember to correctly use BEEMER vs BIMMER?
Personally, I remember it this way:
E comes before I and I bought my BEEMER before I did my BIMMER.
But that won't work to teach the casual pedant - plus it's hard to explain to my next-door neighbor when she yells "Quit backing over my lawn sprinklers with your danm BEEMER!"
(Which one was it?. I can't tell.)
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Quote: | It's hard to explain the difference to my next-door neighbor | When she looks me in the eye ... and says ... oh really ... gimme sumphin' simple I can actually remember ... Would it be too much to refer her to this irrefutable mathematical aid?
"Hey, lady ... How many wheels on my bike?"
ANSWER: 2.
"Good. Notice 2 comes first, before 4."
"Now, How would you (you being English) first prounounce "B"?"
ANSWER: "BEE"
"Good ... Notice "BEE" comes to mind way before you'd think of "BIH"."
"Therefore...
Two-before-four; BEE before BIH ...
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I had a hard time keeping it straight sometimes until I bought a Beemer and joined the Yankee Beemers. I showed up to the first meeting after I joined, and all of the Beemers had two wheels!
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Unless I know the person will understand being corrected, either because they are trying to get it right or will just think I'm joking, I don't even try anymore since a lot of folks do not and will not understand the difference and will think I'm just trying to annoy them. All I can do with those folks is not use the terms at all or use them correctly and hope they catch on by themselves.
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I did try telling her that "bimmerfest is just about cars" ... but www.beemerfest.com redirected her to www.bimmerfest.com (go figure) and now she wants one for herself.
Does anyone have a better memory aid?
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Quote: I did try telling her that "bimmerfest is just about cars" ... but www.beemerfest.com redirected her to www.bimmerfest.com (go figure) and now she wants one for herself.
Does anyone have a better memory aid? | Who in the hell really cares?   Get a life!
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How do you remember to use BEEMER vs BIMMER?