Give me a break! Campy or Campagnolo, "potaYto/potaHto". I'll still say Campy if the mood takes me...don't we have something else that we can complain about??? (This comment is not meant in bad faith.......) Stephan Andranian Costa Mesa, CA Richard M Sachs <richardsachs@juno.com> wrote: hear, hear... (here, here?). well said, steven!
no more 'campy'. i'm with you. campagnolo. PLEASE!
e-RICHIE chester, ct
On Wed, 03 Jul 2002 15:34:51 -0500 The Maaslands
writes:
> Mark,
>
> The use of 'groupo' or 'grouppo' also irk me, but nowhere near as
> much as
> the use of 'campy'. Campagnolo, further to being a company
> respected
> throughout the world is also a family name, would you like to be
> called
> Bulgy? Furthermore the 'g' combines with the 'n' to give a 'nyee'
> sound in
> Italian.
>
> Steven "not Masi unless you provide me the bike" Maasland
> Moorestown, NJ
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Mark Bulgier
> To:
> Sent: Wednesday, July 03, 2002 2:10 PM
> Subject: RE: [CR]groups
>
>
> > Is the word groupo (or grouppo) accepted usage now? I sure don't
> like it,
> > retrogrouch that I am. Is it used tongue-in-cheek maybe?
> >
> > In Italian it's gruppo, in English it's group. I don't know what
> it is in
> > Japanese but it isn't groupo!
> >
> > Mark "Groucho" Bulgier
> > Seattle, Wa
> > USA
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