>After the play I was in finished, my friends mother came up to me and >said
"you were great on your …what do you call it, One tricycle?
"Tricycle" is the most common wrong word I hear people use when they are
trying to name my vehicle. I get this from kids up to and including lots
of high schoolers (Americans). Is this how we teach our kids? Many
people ask me, "Can you really ride that . . . tricycle?" To which I
respond, "Sure. Can't YOU ride a tricycle? I did it when I was 2!"
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…
UNICYCLE Stanard American
MONOCYCLE Traditional (obsolescent?) British
ONE-WHEELED VEHICLE “Scientific”
ICICLE Colloquial (I know one family who use it)
IKE Colloquial (not sure where from – attested)
YIKE Colloquial (according to Adam Stork)
ONE-WHEELER Unattested, but I think I’ve heard it
ONE-WHEEL BICYCLE Unattested, uneducated
BIKE Substandard, uneducated, illiterate, stupid! :-> 10. UNI Colloquial,
very common
ONE-WHEELED BICYCLE Colloquial, uneducated
ONE-WHEELED BIKE Colloquial, uneducated
TRICYCLE Colloquial, uneducated, childish
UNI-BIKE Colloquial, uneducated
At 14 and still counting strong! Any more?
Stay on top, Jack Halpern
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Beirne Konarski wrote: |> This is a small distinction, but the Miyata I just bought is a UNI CYCLE.
Spelling mistakes don’t count, otherwise we can go on ad infinitum.
Regards, Jack Halpern
Kanji Dictionary Publishing Society 1-3-502 3-Chome Niiza, Niiza-shi, Saitama
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Jimmy Brokaw wrote: |> Funny looking bike, or just funny thing. Probably the most common around |> here… |>
I am not sure if we should allow such expressions or nonce words, as opposed to
real lexemes :-). How about it, gang, is it ok?
And so our list grows…
UNICYCLE Stanard American
MONOCYCLE Traditional (obsolescent?) British
ONE-WHEELED VEHICLE “Scientific”
ICICLE Colloquial (I know one family who use it)
IKE Colloquial (not sure where from – attested)
YIKE Colloquial (according to Adam Stork)
ONE-WHEELER Unattested, but I think I’ve heard it
ONE-WHEEL BICYCLE Unattested, uneducated
BIKE Substandard, uneducated, illiterate, stupid!
UNI Colloquial, very common
ONE-WHEELED BICYCLE Colloquial, uneducated
ONE-WHEELED BIKE Colloquial, uneducated
TRICYCLE Colloquial, uneducated, childish
UNI-BIKE Colloquial, uneducated
ONE TRICYCLE Colloquial, uneducated, childish
FUNNY LOOKING BIKE Uneducated nonce word?
FUNNY THING Uneducated, childish nonce word?
At 17 and still counting strong! Any more?
Stay on top,
Jack Halpern, IUF Vice President
Kanji Dictionary Publishing Society 1-3-502 3-Chome Niiza, Niiza-shi, Saitama
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>Jimmy Brokaw wrote: >|> Funny looking bike, or just funny thing. Probably the most common around >|> here… >|> >I am not sure if we should allow such expressions or nonce words, as opposed to >real lexemes :-). How about it, gang, is it ok? >
No, I don’t think so either. We could easily bump the list up to hundreds with
these, but they’d only have been used by one or two people struggling to describe or point out what they saw, not name it.
If you include funny thing, you should also include that weird thing that
silly thing that thing that what that funny man’s riding that over there etc.
etc. ad infinitum
let’s stick to specific names instead
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Tim Sheppard tim@lilliput-p.win-uk.net Lilliput Press - Publisher of fine books
in miniature
> >Jimmy Brokaw wrote: > >|> Funny looking bike, or just funny thing. Probably the most common around > >|> here…
> No, I don’t think so either. We could easily bump the list up to hundreds with > these, but they’d only have been used by one or two people struggling to > describe or point out what they saw, not name it.
[cut list of similar names]
> let’s stick to specific names instead
Actually, I meant that as humor, I didn’t think it would actually get ON the
list… <g>
Jimmy Brokaw wrote: |> In message <236@lilliput-p.win-uk.net> tim@lilliput-p.win-uk.net writes: |> |> > >Jimmy Brokaw wrote: |> > >|> Funny looking bike, or just funny thing. Probably the most common |> > >|> around here… |> |> > No, I don’t think so either. We could easily bump the list up to hundreds |> > with these, but they’d only have been used by one or two people struggling |> > to describe or point out what they saw, not name it. |> |> [cut list of similar names] |> |> > let’s stick to specific names instead |> |> Actually, I meant that as humor, I didn’t think it would actually get ON the |> list… <g>
Humor or not, if you have heard it used, especially often, they qualify
for the list.
Stay on top,
Jack Halpern, IUF Vice President
Kanji Dictionary Publishing Society 1-3-502 3-Chome Niiza, Niiza-shi, Saitama
352 JAPAN Voice: +81-048-481-3103 Fax: +81-048-479-1323
> > 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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