On dictionary.com this morning.... bone up noobs
07-19-14 | 08:19 AM
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On dictionary.com this morning.... bone up noobs
Penny-farthings to Panniers: 7 Cycling Words by Dictionary.com
Never hurts to speak the language... You know "walk the walk; talk the talk".
Never hurts to speak the language... You know "walk the walk; talk the talk".
07-19-14 | 09:52 AM
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This actually helped with one thing: my wife and I used one of those "creative pronunciations" for pannier up until right this moment. We just assumed it was some French-derived term and pronounced it pan-ee-ay. Nice to have a correction.
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07-19-14 | 10:04 AM
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Now I'll have to look it up in a different source.
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07-19-14 | 11:19 AM
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07-19-14 | 12:13 PM
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I always pronounced it as "pan ee air", which is totally wrong. That's before I understood the the last letters in a French word were meaningless, as far a pronunciation goes.
07-19-14 | 12:35 PM
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If I recall, if there were an "e" at the end of pannier, then you woulb pronounce the "r". Oh well, nobody at any LBS's knows what I'm talking about anyway if I don't pronounce the "r".
07-19-14 | 12:49 PM
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Y'all must be noobs if you pronounce pannier as in French!
07-19-14 | 02:18 PM
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This is the best line of the whole thing and can apply to lots of bike related things.
" This sense is still used (and creatively pronounced) by English-speaking bike enthusiasts. "
" This sense is still used (and creatively pronounced) by English-speaking bike enthusiasts. "
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07-19-14 | 04:10 PM
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Panniers is in use for motorcycles too. I usually see it in regards to hard cases, whereas soft bags are saddlebags, which come in pairs that drape over the back seat, more like the horse version than the bicycle version.
Also, there is a long and very English tradition of deliberately mispronouncing French words as they are spelled.
Also, there is a long and very English tradition of deliberately mispronouncing French words as they are spelled.
07-19-14 | 04:56 PM
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I thought it was the other way around.
The Monty Python and Holy Grail, The English meet the French castle - French subtitles
The Monty Python and Holy Grail, The English meet the French castle - French subtitles
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07-19-14 | 06:40 PM
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07-19-14 | 11:27 PM
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Forvo only has one pronunciation:
pannier pronunciation: How to pronounce pannier in English
They need more.
pannier pronunciation: How to pronounce pannier in English
They need more.
07-20-14 | 09:37 AM
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I always pronounce it "PAN YEAR" whether that is close to right, I really don't care. Wow, just checked the site, I am actually pretty close...
07-20-14 | 04:58 PM
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07-20-14 | 07:10 PM
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07-21-14 | 07:13 AM
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