a language peeve
03-19-09 | 02:04 PM
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a language peeve
Commuting means going back and forth. It doesn't mean traveling by bicycle. People have been saying they took the bus (or whatever) and didn't get the chance to commute. Think about that for a minute, OK?
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Tom Reingold, tom@noglider.com
New York City and High Falls, NY
Blogs: The Experienced Cyclist; noglider's ride blog
“When man invented the bicycle he reached the peak of his attainments.” — Elizabeth West, US author
Please email me rather than PM'ing me. Thanks.
03-19-09 | 02:07 PM
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With all the misspellings of "brake" and "pedal" and such around here, you're worried about abbreviating a phrase? Yeah, it is irritating, but so am I.
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03-19-09 | 02:13 PM
#4
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Ah, kindred spirits!
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“When man invented the bicycle he reached the peak of his attainments.” — Elizabeth West, US author
Please email me rather than PM'ing me. Thanks.
Tom Reingold, tom@noglider.com
New York City and High Falls, NY
Blogs: The Experienced Cyclist; noglider's ride blog
“When man invented the bicycle he reached the peak of his attainments.” — Elizabeth West, US author
Please email me rather than PM'ing me. Thanks.
03-19-09 | 02:21 PM
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You know what really grinds my gears? Inappropriate use of ellipses...
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03-19-09 | 02:32 PM
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Yes... your "right".
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03-19-09 | 03:08 PM
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I'm aware of your concern and I personally try to say bicycle commuting, cycle commuting, cyclommuting, or some such, but it really is a pretty long phrase to type out, and I think to most people around here the "bicycle" is understood, even if it isn't explicitly stated.
Their
are worse offenses to be handled first.
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are worse offenses to be handled first.
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I stop for people / whose right of way I honor / but not for no one.
Originally Posted by bragi "However, it's never a good idea to overgeneralize."
03-19-09 | 04:01 PM
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As a friend of mine says, an apostrophe is not a warning that there's an 'S' coming.
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03-19-09 | 04:20 PM
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member. heh.
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That's pretty bad, but nowhere near as bad as people overusing "now".
03-19-09 | 04:50 PM
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03-19-09 | 04:50 PM
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No you're not.
See this similar thread first post on 1-16-09: "Not every ride is a commute."
https://www.bikeforums.net/showthread...ight=commuting
See this similar thread first post on 1-16-09: "Not every ride is a commute."
https://www.bikeforums.net/showthread...ight=commuting
03-19-09 | 05:16 PM
#19
this is a commuting sub-forum of bikeforums. hence, a bike commuting forum.
take your nitpicks elsewhere!
(and for the nitpickers, your wrong! gimme a brake..)
03-19-09 | 05:20 PM
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comma splices drive ME NUTS! *sigh*
03-19-09 | 05:34 PM
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"When you are chewing the bars at the business end of a 90 mile road race you really dont care what gear you have hanging from your bike so long as it works."
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03-19-09 | 07:02 PM
#22
i canna stund sily gramur nazis.
soo thur
soo thur
03-19-09 | 07:07 PM
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Or learn to spell definitely instead of definately
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03-19-09 | 07:37 PM
#25
I hate the words like and the.
