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Old Mar 11, 2009 | 09:41 PM
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How do you pronounce Bilstein?
Is it like "bilsteen" or "bilstine"? I have never heard it, only read it.
 
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Old Mar 11, 2009 | 09:52 PM
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I've always said "bilsteen"
 
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Old Mar 11, 2009 | 09:54 PM
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Bill - steen is how I have always heard it said.
 
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Old Mar 11, 2009 | 09:55 PM
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Call their company and find out. Probably on the first auto answer recording you get.
 
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Old Mar 12, 2009 | 07:00 AM
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Where I bought mine,the salesman said Bil-Stein like the mug.
I just say Bil-steen.
In the grand scheme of things,it doesn't matter as long as they work,and they do.
 
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Old Mar 12, 2009 | 09:38 AM
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It is a German company, German name--
Americans always get it wrong.

Porsche is correctly pronounced poorsh-uh
Americans usually say poorsh

Bilstein is correctly pronounced bill-stine, with a long i--
Americans get it wrong when they say bill-steen
 
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Old Mar 12, 2009 | 02:50 PM
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I pronounce it "Ran-Cho" lol
 
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Bil-schtiiiin
 
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Old Mar 12, 2009 | 03:51 PM
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Originally Posted by elee3
Is it like "bilsteen" or "bilstine"? I have never heard it, only read it.
Lady that answered my phone call there called it
bill-stine.
Best, CB
 
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Old Mar 12, 2009 | 04:12 PM
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Mein Gott! Vee all shtate zee name as Bilshtine in zee Fatherland! Javol!!
 
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Old Mar 12, 2009 | 04:39 PM
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Just confirming CB's post 2 up:

There's a Bilstein commercial that's always on during Spike's Power Block hour(s) and they say 'bill-stine'...
 
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Originally Posted by Kep4
Mein Gott! Vee all shtate zee name as Bilshtine in zee Fatherland! Javol!!
According to Google Translate you said:

"My God! Vee all shtate zee name as Bilshtine in zee Fatherland! Javols!"

haha
 
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Originally Posted by Kep4
Mein Gott! Vee all shtate zee name as Bilshtine in zee Fatherland! Javol!!
Ach du lieber!

Wie gehts? Bil-shtine = Bil-shtin-uh.

Bilstein = Deutsche: Bil-schtiiin / Amerikaner: Bill-shhtiin.
 
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im lol thinking of sgt shultz -- hogans heros
cant help my self
wish i could afford to take advantage of bilstein's buy 3 get one free offer
dont know when a deal like that will come around again
 
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Originally Posted by joe chevy
im lol thinking of sgt shultz -- hogans heros
cant help my self
wish i could afford to take advantage of bilstein's buy 3 get one free offer
dont know when a deal like that will come around again
Sgt Schultz (John Banner) was 4F, so he didn't serve in WWII.

What he did do was...pose for US Army Recruiting Posters.
 
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