Re: [CR]what's in a name? (bicycle brands) Auf Deutsch

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From: "Raoul Delmare" <R.Delmare@Charter.net>
To: <ABikie@aol.com>, <classicrendezvous@bikelist.org>
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Subject: Re: [CR]what's in a name? (bicycle brands) Auf Deutsch
Date: Sun, 5 Jan 2003 05:08:55 -0600


Hey Ya There Larry ,

Once again , yer just like way-cool in my book there dude !

As I'm sure we all know already ( but in case some of us don't ) , the common , and perfectly acceptable , word "Fahrt" , auf die Deutsch Sprache ( please feel free to correct my grammar ) , means , in the English Language . . .

The Journey , or Trip , or Drive , or Ride .

As for Puky , no clue here . So , I tried to look it up . No results . I am curious about it . I would love to know just what kind of trip a "Puky" trip might be ????

Anyone from Deutschland out there ??

By the way , I was indeed rather shocked the first time I ran into the word "Farht" . Even after knowing exactly what it means , it still makes me look twice . You will see it in bicycle magazines , motorbike magazines , and automobile magazines ( which of course are just the sort of thing I'd be looking at , auf Deutsch ) . Hearing , or seeing in writing , someone wish someone else , "have a good trip" , can be rather disturbing to an English speaking person .

Honestly , I never thought to look up the rude word before . The word for passing gas is , " Furz " . But don't tell anybody that you learned it from me !

Raoul Delmare
Marysville Kansas


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From: ABikie@aol.com
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Sent: Saturday, January 04, 2003 8:50 PM
Subject: Re: [CR]what's in a name? (bicycle brands)



> Now it's names!
> In the 60's we found a drawer in the back of our old shop withg bike name
> badges.
> Mead, Ranger, Rixe, Columbia, .....
> I took a few German ones
>
> 'Puky Fahrt" - still got 'em, somwwhere.
> Centurion marketed the 'Clic' and quickly changed it after a brief intro in
> the early 80's
> 'Tease' was a tough one to sell in the '72 boom. we pronounced it
> 'Tee-AH-say' which helped only a tad,
>
> Blackburn started to call their hydration pack the 'wetback' and changed it
> to wetPack after a very brief period.
>
> Larry 'too long smelling patch glue' Black
> Mt airy, Md