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#1 funsohng
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Why is it abbreviated to BMO?
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#2 PBSnipes
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Because they realized "BOM" didn't exactly inspire investor/consumer confidence.

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#3 harashawn
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It's pronounced "Bee-Mo" as in B Mo, as in Bank of MOntreal.
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#4 funsohng
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It's pronounced "Bee-Mo" as in B Mo, as in Bank of MOntreal.harashawn
ohhhh so that's why. I always wondered because the initials doesn't make sense in French either.
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#5 Tape_Lad
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I've wondered this too. :P

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#6 DJ_Deelish
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BMO is the Bank of Montreal's stock-ticker on the TSX

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#7 XilePrincess
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BANK of MOntreal. BOM sounds like BOMB and I'm sure if they had ever gone by that, it would have been gone as soon as 9/11 happened.
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#8 incredible_one
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It's pronounced "Bee-Mo" as in B Mo, as in Bank of MOntreal.harashawn

woah I had the same quesiton since like ever! :o

Thanks for the answer! :D