How come there's BMW and BMX but no BMY or BMZ?

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blimthepixie@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 20 pts · 172d (11 replies)
pruwybn@discuss.tchncs.de · 14 pts · 172d

Touché.

markz@suppo.fi · 8 pts · 172d (9 replies)

Okay, but how about BMA, BMB, and BMC?

Mac@mander.xyz · 9 pts · 171d (6 replies)

Bro did zero research

markz@suppo.fi · 5 pts · 171d (5 replies)

Okay, but how about BMD, BME, and BMF?

Mac@mander.xyz · 4 pts · 171d

Whoa whoa whoa
Calm down there, pal. Let's not get ahead of ourselves...

Edit: See my other comment:

::: spoiler Comment2

Hi again! 👋
I hand-selected these for you. :)

https://www.bmd.gov.bd/

https://www.bme.com/ - possibly NSFW

https://wearebmf.com/nordics

:::

Mac@mander.xyz · 3 pts · 170d (3 replies)

Hi again! 👋
I hand-selected these for you. :)

https://www.bmd.gov.bd/

https://www.bme.com/ - possibly NSFW

https://wearebmf.com/nordics

markz@suppo.fi · 4 pts · 170d (2 replies)

You're doing the lord's work

Okay, but how about CMW, DMW and EMW?

Honytawk@discuss.tchncs.de · 5 pts · 170d (1 reply)

To save everyones time, just go here:

https://www.abbreviationfinder.org/acronyms/CMW.html

markz@suppo.fi · 1 pts · 170d

I can't possibly be arsed to go look these up myself

the_grass_trainer@lemmy.world · 5 pts · 171d

BMC is a job + rank in the Navy. Boatswain's Mate Chief.

blimthepixie@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 2 pts · 172d

Ask OP

magnetichuman@fedia.io · 10 pts · 171d (1 reply)

Bee-Militarized Zone

pruwybn@discuss.tchncs.de · 4 pts · 171d

That sounds terrifying.

Cevilia@lemmy.blahaj.zone · 6 pts · 171d (2 replies)
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OhStopYellingAtMe@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 171d

Bicycle Motor-Yoss Bicycle Motor Zoss

rapchee@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 171d

stray spinoff?

Samskara@sh.itjust.works · 3 pts · 170d

BMI exists

GreatWhite_Shark_EarthAndBeingsRightsPerson@piefed.social · -1 pts · 171d (3 replies)

Correct me, if I am wrong, but it is because BMW is a abbreviation for the automobile corporations' founder(s) & BMX is a abbreviation for the dirt bicycling racing. Without any corrections given...
So what would you think replacing-
BMW's W with a Y mean? What would Y & BMX's X with a Z mean? What would Z

be abbreviations for & how would think they work with the other words, within each abbreviation (hope that understood)?

needanke@feddit.org · 1 pts · 171d

You are wrong and I hereby correct you.

markz@suppo.fi · 1 pts · 170d (1 reply)

I'm pretty sure BMW stands for something like Bayer Motor Works but in German.

Brummbaer@pawb.social · 1 pts · 170d

Bavarian Motor Works