Date:  Thu, 30 Nov 1995 11:23:18 -0600

From:  "Kathleen M. O'Neill" <koneil1[AT SYMBOL GOES HERE]UIC.EDU>

Subject: Re: Merc?



>In my experience, /mIrk/ = Mercury. Only slang for Mercedes Benz I have

>heard is simply "Benz".

>Allen

>maberry[AT SYMBOL GOES HERE]u.washington.edu



Well, see, that's what I used to swear by.

But from another list, here's an example:



>Subject:   Re: Anybody drives a Merc here? (fwd)

>

>At 06:17 AM 11/30/95 +0900, you wrote:

>

>>Any idea how I would distinguish in English between "traction control"

>>as the BMW 5-series has, and "Anfahrhilfe" as the Benz does?

>>

>You might try the MB WWW-Site, it comes with an up-to-date glossary!!



Of course, that's in writing, but

I definitely have heard it spoken as well.



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