Fake pronunciations always drive me nuts; I call
groups "parts kits," pronounce Ideale saddles as if my
roots were in Alabama, and Alex Singer like the word
for a vocal musician!
David Feldman
Vancouver, WA
> Mark Bulgier wrote:
> >
> > 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!
>
> I've taken to just calling all of them whether they
> are French, Japanese
> or Italian by the English/American word "group."
>
> Works for me...
>
> Chuck Schmidt
> SoPas, SoCal
> http://www.velo-retro.com (Reprints, Campagnolo
> Timeline and T-shirts)
>
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