Something tells me the Tour of Korea is using unathorized photos
06-18-08, 09:16 AM
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Something tells me the Tour of Korea is using unathorized photos
06-18-08, 10:24 AM
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Something tells me Lance won't be there.
And a pet peeve: Why do so many races use 'de' instead of 'of' in their 'tours?' The 'Tour de Georgia' is, I think, the most egregious. What does Georgia have to do with the French language? At least the Koreans are pulling all of it from other languages.
And a pet peeve: Why do so many races use 'de' instead of 'of' in their 'tours?' The 'Tour de Georgia' is, I think, the most egregious. What does Georgia have to do with the French language? At least the Koreans are pulling all of it from other languages.
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Something tells me Lance won't be there.
And a pet peeve: Why do so many races use 'de' instead of 'of' in their 'tours?' The 'Tour de Georgia' is, I think, the most egregious. What does Georgia have to do with the French language? At least the Koreans are pulling all of it from other languages.
And a pet peeve: Why do so many races use 'de' instead of 'of' in their 'tours?' The 'Tour de Georgia' is, I think, the most egregious. What does Georgia have to do with the French language? At least the Koreans are pulling all of it from other languages.
Actually, the French originally settled Georgia after the Spanish left due to their inability to settle the land profitably, and the French still have ancestral and political roots in Georgia.
O.K., that is completely fictitous history, and I have no logical explanation as to why The Tour of Georgia uses "de."
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06-18-08, 10:31 AM
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Actually, the French originally settled Georgia after the Spanish left due to their inability to settle the land profitably, and the French still have ancestral and political roots in Georgia.
O.K., that is completely fictitous history, and I have no logical explanation as to why The Tour of Georgia uses "de."
S.
O.K., that is completely fictitous history, and I have no logical explanation as to why The Tour of Georgia uses "de."
S.
I heard they renamed Freedom Fries 'French Fries' because they hated America so much.
Seriously, Georgia is about as un-French as you can get. (and was settled as a British penal colony!)
06-18-08, 10:33 AM
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Every operator I worked with in GA knew fluent French. At least that's what my mother calls it.
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Meh....so was Australia but we still like them and they're pretty cool people who are very nice...uhh....what was I saying?
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06-18-08, 11:14 AM
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06-18-08, 11:15 AM
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(and was settled as a British penal colony!)
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"de" is spanish, also. For example, it's perfectly appropriate here for the Tour De Tucson. Of course, everyone pronounces it as if it were french, but at least the written version is correct.
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Something tells me Lance won't be there.
And a pet peeve: Why do so many races use 'de' instead of 'of' in their 'tours?' The 'Tour de Georgia' is, I think, the most egregious. What does Georgia have to do with the French language? At least the Koreans are pulling all of it from other languages.
And a pet peeve: Why do so many races use 'de' instead of 'of' in their 'tours?' The 'Tour de Georgia' is, I think, the most egregious. What does Georgia have to do with the French language? At least the Koreans are pulling all of it from other languages.
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Somehow I imagine the hispanic cycling community in Tucson to not be terribly huge.
And how can you have a tour of a single city? A tour is a stage race.
I just think the English-speaking nations of the world should stick with the good old 'of' - using 'de' is just cashing in on the visibility of the Tour de France as the only cycling race that the general public will probably know of.
06-18-08, 11:38 AM
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06-18-08, 11:45 AM
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It's just humor, as in the Tour de Donut held at several places. The more bugtussley the place sounds, the funnier it is to put "Tour de" in front of it.
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Something tells me Lance won't be there.
And a pet peeve: Why do so many races use 'de' instead of 'of' in their 'tours?' The 'Tour de Georgia' is, I think, the most egregious. What does Georgia have to do with the French language? At least the Koreans are pulling all of it from other languages.
And a pet peeve: Why do so many races use 'de' instead of 'of' in their 'tours?' The 'Tour de Georgia' is, I think, the most egregious. What does Georgia have to do with the French language? At least the Koreans are pulling all of it from other languages.
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