nickc – Member
Maybe…It could also be from the symbol design from Bavaria.
I stand corrected (abbreviated for brevity – full text on link):
In July 1917, Franz Josef Popp registered the name Bayerische Motoren Werke, thus distancing the new company from the former Rapp Motorenwerke aero engine company… While the name was registered there wasn’t yet a new logo.
It was on October 5, 1917 the BMW trademark was registered… It featured the circular design of the Rapp logo but with the letters BMW at the top of the outer ring. The inner quadrants featured the Bavarian Free State colors of blue and white – but in the opposite order – as it was illegal to use national symbols in a commercial trademark.
The design was not in any way connected with aircraft engines or propellers. The idea that the blue and white had anything to do with spinning propellers comes from a 1929 advertisement, which featured aircraft with the image of the Roundel in the rotating propellers…
Daedalus not only designed and built the labyrinth to imprison King Minos’ bull/human embarrassment, but also built the cow-like framework that enabled Mrs King Minos to satisfy her lust for a magnificent bull, that so resulted in the Minotaur in the first place.
tjagain – Member
Hope this ones right
A french letter in France is called an englishmans hat
Correct: capote anglaise, although simply known as a capote nowadays.
MTB-Idle – Member
Garry_Lager – Member
Who played the guitar hook on eminem’s massive breakout hit My name is?
Chas and Dave!
More pedantry then, as Chas plays the piano and Dave plays the bass which one was playing the guitar? (Yes, I’m sure like most musicians they both play multiple instruments)
For extra pedantry; Chas played the guitar, Dave played the bass and Labi Siffre was on the keyboards.
Can I play the edinburgh here rather than admit my error?
How i wish i could calculate pi – never even thought for a second you meant that phrase thought it was just the heading 😳
DOH
A french letter in France is called an englishmans hat.
Another baby robin dies!!!! 😈
I am assurred (by my French wife no less) that in this case capote refers to a coat although it is true that in some cases it can be used to refer to a hood (which is similar to a hat but not quite).