Re: Re: names of unicycles
Jack Halpern (jhalpern@super.win.or.jp)
Fri Aug 18 8:22 JST
Eric A. Gebhart wrote:
|> In article <40tqc2$5a6@engnews2.Eng.Sun.COM>, falk@peregrine.eng.sun.com (Ed
|> Falk) writes:
|> |> In article <9508150941.AA04180@super.win.or.jp>,
|> |> Jack Halpern <jhalpern@super.win.or.jp> wrote:
|> |>
|> |> >2. MONOCYCLE Traditional (obsolescent?) British
|> |>
|> |> Actually, I believe a monocycle is a large spoke-less wheel
|> |> which you ride *inside*. Very dangerous on hills.
|>
|> That is one meaning, It was a very common name for the unicycle at the
|> beginning of this century.
|>
|> I have a print of an old poster, for a french unicyclist which says
|> " Champion monocyclist of the world" It shows a rider on all
|> types of unicycles, regular, giraffe, ultimate etc.
I saw some other posts about this. Yes, a "monocycle" definitely used
to be used in English, and I think it still is used probably in places
like India. But in modern English a monocycle is a one-wheeled vehilce
in which the rider sits inside the wheel
Hey, wouldn't it be GREAT to have a Monocycle Race at a NUM or
UNICON!? Just imagine...
Stay on top, Jack Halpern