lauro13
03-08-06, 02:11 PM
Just some pointless trivia. I'm reading a book called "The Colony", about a leper colony on one of the Hawaiian Islands and it talks about how the word Pake was an old Hawaiian term for Chinese. Who knew!
Singlespeed & Fixed Gear - Meaning of the word Pake
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Sin-A-Matic
03-08-06, 02:31 PM
I think that was mentioned here before. Someone mentioned it being racist.
zip22
03-08-06, 02:34 PM
i like this better
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pake
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pake
fixedpip
03-08-06, 02:44 PM
See this thread "Soma pake: a racist bike?"
http://www.bikeforums.net/showthread.php?t=168410
http://www.bikeforums.net/showthread.php?t=168410
el twe
03-08-06, 07:37 PM
i like this better
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pake
Ghuu...Tasty.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pake
Ghuu...Tasty.
eyefloater
03-08-06, 10:44 PM
I think it also means "cheap" ... please no flame war this time around.
juvi-kyle
03-08-06, 10:47 PM
you are all racist, Major Taylor is rolling over in his grave.