Do you pronounce BMW as 'bee em double-u' or as 'bey em vey'?

When I'm speaking German, I'll pronounce it (vaguely) like ‘Be (as in Becket) - Em (like in empathy) - Ve (like in vexing, only longer)’. ‘Bey-Em-Vey’ is reasonably close, I guess. When speaking English, ‘Bee-Em-Doubleyou’ comes more naturally. VW is the same. read more

When I was a kid, I heard, and pronounced it, the second way. Then I was corrected and told to pronounce it the first way, which never sounded right to me, but oh well. Today, I heard a person from the Caribbean pronounce it the second way, accent on the second syllable. You can't win. read more

In Japanese BMW can be both the German and English according to Wikipedia but allow adjustments to Japanese accent - be-emu-daburu-yuu (bay-emu-vay/bay/way) In Chinese, unlike many other foreign names including abbreviations, it is usually written in Latin letters and pronunciation depends on the knowledge of English letters of the speaker and their preference. read more