Whatever you write my friend is not related to reality - I am describing the actual inscriptions made by Eddy Merckx on his frame, anyone can read and compare it. Only one person has a problem distinguishing the letters "e" and "i" in these inscriptions - a theoretical linguist.
Indeed, Eddy Merckx's formal education ended early (he was 16), and in many statements he claimed that he sometimes lacked words in one of his native languages (he came from a Flemish-Walloonlsh family) nevertheless his message is legible to (almost) everyone.
By the way: how is the word chrome/chromed written in Brusseleer and in Walloon?