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

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• blimthepixie@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  www.nyse.com/quote/XNYS:BMY

  www.bmz.de/en/

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  • pruwybn@discuss.tchncs.de ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    Touché.

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  • markz@suppo.fi ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

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

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    • Mac@mander.xyz ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      Bro did zero research

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    • the_grass_trainer@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

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

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    • blimthepixie@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      Ask OP

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• Cevilia@lemmy.blahaj.zone ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  Bavarian Motor Yurks Bavarian Motor Zurks

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  • OhStopYellingAtMe@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    Bicycle Motor-Yoss Bicycle Motor Zoss

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  • rapchee@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    stray spinoff?

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• Samskara@sh.itjust.works ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  BMI exists

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• GreatWhite_Shark_EarthAndBeingsRightsPerson@piefed.social ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  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)?

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  • markz@suppo.fi ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

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

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    • Brummbaer@pawb.social ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      Bavarian Motor Works

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  • needanke@feddit.org ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    You are wrong and I hereby correct you.

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