Julian Orbach wrote:
|> I heard another name for a unicycle yesterday. A student here with a
|> Hong Kong background wished me luck on my "uni-bike".
|>
And so our list grows....
1. UNICYCLE Stanard American
2. MONOCYCLE Traditional (obsolescent?) British
3. ONE-WHEELED VEHICLE "Scientific"
4. ICICLE Colloquial (I know one family who use it)
5. IKE Colloquial (not sure where from -- attested)
6. YIKE Colloquial (according to Adam Stork)
7. ONE-WHEELER Unattested, but I think I've heard it
8. ONE-WHEEL BICYCLE Unattested, uneducated
9. BIKE Substandard, uneducated, illiterate, stupid! :-> 10. UNI Colloquial, very common
11. ONE-WHEELED BICYCLE Colloquial, uneducated
12. ONE-WHEELED BIKE Colloquial, uneducated
13. TRICYCLE Colloquial, uneducated, childish
14. UNI-BIKE Colloquial, uneducated
At 14 and still counting strong! Any more?
Stay on top, Jack Halpern
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