Originally Posted by
Roody
Not to mention down tube, top tube, seat tube--all parts on a bicycle frame. Very confusing if you don't use the modifier!
Not really. It's all about context. Never had any confusion. To follow your argument we should call this Forum 'Living Motor-Car Free' to distinguish from other types of 'car', on trains for example.
The english language has developed on either side of the Atlantic in seperate ways and long may it continue.