I don't speak any Yiddish, but I found an online translator at http://www.ectaco.com
According to that site, "Hechst" translates to English as "supreme" or "paramount."
--Kerrigan "that frame left me gaping open-mouthed at the computer monitor" Bennett
On Fri, 30 Aug 2002 10:28:58 -0700 davebohm <davebohm@cox.net> wrote:
Hi Everyone,
Wow! what an outpouring of name ideas for the stainless frame. They are all great. I will definately have to let this stew for a bit and see if something really hit my fancy.
I did have an idea last night. The generation of the Bohemian name came from a couple of things. People always mispronounce my name and I had a different vision for my business when I first started. I thought the Bohemian would stick better in peoples memory better than just "Bohm"
The main thing was that my grandfather was a Hungarian Jew and I though that with that heritage that Bohemian was appropriate, even if not everyone understood why. My grandfather was also a fluent Yiddish speaker, so being that I have no connection to Italian, French and the like I was thinking along the lines of calling it the KVEL (to glow with pride) or how about Kholem (dream). Problem is I don't know that much Yiddish so I will have to think more about this.
Thanks again everybody!
Dave Bohm Bohemian Bicycles. Tucson Az ----- Original Message ----- From: Brian Baylis To: classicrendezvous@bikelist.org Cc: framebuilders@phred.org Sent: Thursday, August 29, 2002 1:30 PM Subject: [CR]The Monument Deserves a Name
Dave and list,
I was just thinking that the Bohm stainless frame deserves a name beyond "the Bohm stainless frame" somewhat like a Stradivari violin or significant painting like "Elvis on Black Velvet". Anyone have an approiate name for this work? Magnum Opus barely scratches the surface; perhaps there is a great name still available for a great piece of work. Anyone?? Don't look at me, I just come up with the ideas.
Brian (limited knowledge of foreign languages, especially Latin) Baylis
La Mesa, CA
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