Re: Another wrong name for unicycles
Beirne Konarski (bkonarsk@mcs.kent.edu)
Sat, 18 Mar 1995 07:31:22 -0500 (EST)
>
> John Foss wrote:
> |>
> |> "Tricycle" is the most common wrong word I hear people use when they are|> high schoolers (Americans). Is this how we teach our kids?
>
> 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?
This is a small distinction, but the Miyata I just bought is a UNI CYCLE.
Beirne
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