Responding to our conversation about slang expressions for traveling by foot, a listener says that while growing up in Montreal, Canada, in the 1980s, she and her friends would refer to that mode of transportation as going by BMW, an acronym for “Bus, Metro, Walk.” This is part of a complete episode.
Transcript of “Take the BMW to Work: Bus, Metro, Walk”
Grant, you remember our conversation about taking the number 11 bus or traveling by Pat and Charlie?
Oh, yeah, taking your Chevrolet.
They all mean walking.
Right, right.
Well, that conversation prompted an email from Karen Knox, who lives in Ontario, Canada.
And she said that when she was growing up in the 1980s in Montreal, whenever she walked and took public transit anywhere, she writes, I grew up in the 1980s in Montreal.
And whenever we walked and took public transit anywhere, we said we go by BMW, bus, metro, walk.
I know there are a bunch of these.
So ride Shanks Mare over to the computer.
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