Apeman42@lemmy.world to No Stupid Questions@lemmy.worldEnglish · 11 months agoDo people in the UK call the old bearded rock band "Zed Zed Top"?message-squaremessage-square58fedilinkarrow-up1141arrow-down116file-text
arrow-up1125arrow-down1message-squareDo people in the UK call the old bearded rock band "Zed Zed Top"?Apeman42@lemmy.world to No Stupid Questions@lemmy.worldEnglish · 11 months agomessage-square58fedilinkfile-text
minus-squareDeltaTangoLima@reddrefuge.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up11·11 months agoYes indeed, but I guess that’s because a model designation doesn’t feel the same as a proper noun - it’s just numbers and letters. Maybe…? ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
minus-squareTheGrandNagus@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up5·11 months agoWell yeah if I saw a BMW 3 series I wouldn’t use the German pronunciation for 3. Why use the American pronunciation of Z?
minus-squareDeltaTangoLima@reddrefuge.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·11 months agoEh? Doesn’t everyone call it a BMW Drei? 😄
Yes indeed, but I guess that’s because a model designation doesn’t feel the same as a proper noun - it’s just numbers and letters. Maybe…?
¯\_(ツ)_/¯
Well yeah if I saw a BMW 3 series I wouldn’t use the German pronunciation for 3. Why use the American pronunciation of Z?
Eh? Doesn’t everyone call it a BMW Drei? 😄
A bay-em-vay drei even
Beh Emm Veh Drei