▲ 1748 ▼ BMW (lemmy.world) submitted 3 years ago by vickychen@lemmy.world to c/lemmyshitpost@lemmy.world 155 comments fedilink hide all child comments
[–] Gork@lemm.ee 43 points 3 years ago (5 children) Other than the giant swastika, does it bother anyone else that the kerning is uneven? The B is farther away from the M than the M is from the W. permalink fedilink source hideshow 10 child comments replies: [–] 0ops@lemm.ee 26 points 3 years ago Well it didn't permalink fedilink source parent [–] Soupbreaker@lemmy.world 17 points 3 years ago Other than that, how was the kerning, Mrs. Lincoln? permalink fedilink source parent [–] samus12345@lemmy.world 12 points 3 years ago (1 child) I thought Germans were supposed to be sticklers for detail! permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Anticorp@lemmy.ml 2 points 3 years ago* I'd like to think they did that on purpose to spite Hitler. permalink fedilink source parent [–] Schmuppes@lemmy.world 5 points 3 years ago Sloppy work like that is how you lose wars, son! permalink fedilink source parent [–] Naz@lemmy.one -2 points 3 years ago (2 children) Now that you mentioned it, it does bother me, but it might have been on purpose. BMW stands for Benelli (?) Motor Werk(s), so essentially it's: (Location) -space- (Factory Type) At least that's my assumption for it, because otherwise, it being Nazi Germany, if that was a typographical error, the person stamping those would probably be shot permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] Chrobin@discuss.tchncs.de 4 points 3 years ago It is Bayerische Motoren Werke. Funnily enough, that's wrong orthography, it should be Bayerische Motorenwerke, so you have a point. permalink fedilink source parent [–] Sotuanduso@lemm.ee 3 points 3 years ago Literal grammar Nazis. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Soupbreaker@lemmy.world 17 points 3 years ago Other than that, how was the kerning, Mrs. Lincoln? permalink fedilink source parent
[–] samus12345@lemmy.world 12 points 3 years ago (1 child) I thought Germans were supposed to be sticklers for detail! permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Anticorp@lemmy.ml 2 points 3 years ago* I'd like to think they did that on purpose to spite Hitler. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Anticorp@lemmy.ml 2 points 3 years ago* I'd like to think they did that on purpose to spite Hitler. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Schmuppes@lemmy.world 5 points 3 years ago Sloppy work like that is how you lose wars, son! permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Naz@lemmy.one -2 points 3 years ago (2 children) Now that you mentioned it, it does bother me, but it might have been on purpose. BMW stands for Benelli (?) Motor Werk(s), so essentially it's: (Location) -space- (Factory Type) At least that's my assumption for it, because otherwise, it being Nazi Germany, if that was a typographical error, the person stamping those would probably be shot permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] Chrobin@discuss.tchncs.de 4 points 3 years ago It is Bayerische Motoren Werke. Funnily enough, that's wrong orthography, it should be Bayerische Motorenwerke, so you have a point. permalink fedilink source parent [–] Sotuanduso@lemm.ee 3 points 3 years ago Literal grammar Nazis. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Chrobin@discuss.tchncs.de 4 points 3 years ago It is Bayerische Motoren Werke. Funnily enough, that's wrong orthography, it should be Bayerische Motorenwerke, so you have a point. permalink fedilink source parent
