Actually that war ended in 1776. Maybe they were fighting a little longer in Maryland (named after a Scottish queen). Come to think of it, I´d like to call your bike what I want, too. May I? ;-)
greets, kim "The Historian" klakow berlin, germany
> In a message dated 2/23/04 6:00:18 AM Eastern Standard Time,
> REClassicBikes@aol.com writes:
> We (English speakers) call a freewheel a freeWHEEL, because it not a fixed
>
> WHEEL.
> Everybody knows you speak a different language in Great Britain. I will
> call
> my fixed gear bikes whatever I want. The queens English be damned. Didn't
> we
> fight a war in 1812 about this?
> Richard Borneman
> Havre de Grace, Md
>
>
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