Merc?

[dpeilow]

Yep, 'murk' it is. A lot of things about the language don't make sense

 

[TEG]

...No help from my friends... I must make amends...

(At least he didn't call it "The Bends"...)

 

[Oldyellr]

Old thread, but I just have to comment. As a Canadian, whenever I hear the British vernacular "Merc" (pronounced Merk) in reference to Mercedes, it just drives me nuts. When reading the word, in my head I read "Merss" with the "c" pronounced as an "s" like it should be, not a "k". Since the 1950s in my experience, here in North America "Merc" has always been a Mercury car or outboard motor. This Britishism really grates on my nerves. It's as bad as NASCAR now using the stick-and-ball term term "playoffs".

 

[JRP3]

Old thread, but I just have to comment. As a Canadian, whenever I hear the British vernacular "Merc" (pronounced Merk) in reference to Mercedes, it just drives me nuts. When reading the word, in my head I read "Merss" with the "c" pronounced as an "s" like it should be, not a "k". Since the 1950s in my experience, here in North America "Merc" has always been a Mercury car or outboard motor. This Britishism really grates on my nerves. It's as bad as NASCAR now using the stick-and-ball term term "playoffs".

How did you happen to dig up this old thread?