This shouldn't even be a discussion.
As joe said:
OneJoeZee said:
emm kay three is incorrect and I don't understand why anyone would want to continue saying it if/once they realized it's not an acronym.
The etymology of the MK designation is well known, and has been explained several times in this thread alone.
There is nothing in the Supra naming, part numbering or designation to indicate "em kay three". The only bearing it has on the car is when used as an abbreviation for "Mark Three" - the pseudo military term, applied especially to vehicles: a type of design; a model or issue.
It's a fucking Mark Three, indicative that it is the third generation of Supra.
Saying anything else illustrates your ignorance. Simply put, you sound like a fucking moron when you say it.
I understand that as our cars become cheaper and easier to obtain, they become available to more poorly educated people, but please. Don't drag us down into the uneducated gutter.
There is no defensible position for saying "em kay three" other than you are undereducated and just parrot sounds you hear, with no understanding of the meaning behind them. I'll guarantee you'll find the same people who say "em kay three" are also the same people who say "for all intensive purposes" rather than the correct "for all intents and purposes"...
It's ignorant people who don't understand the meaning of the words they use. It's sad.
Sorry for anyone who feels insulted by that, but it's the simple truth of the matter.
And before one of you whining Gen Y idiots comes in here an starts with the "I say it my way, you say it yours" nonsense, stuff it. Language only works because we all collectively agree on the meaning of words, special snowflake. Welcome to the real world. Celebrating your ignorance doesn't make it an less pathetic.
