Re: [CR]Fixed Gear & Track bikes

From: "jerrymoos" <jerrymoos@sbcglobal.net>
To: <Rsborno@aol.com>, <REClassicBikes@aol.com>
References: <1cc.1a50bda0.2d6b3beb@aol.com>
Subject: Re: [CR]Fixed Gear & Track bikes
Date: Mon, 23 Feb 2004 18:46:11 -0600
cc: classicrendezvous@bikelist.org

I thought that war was in 1776, and I thought it was over the tax on tea, not the Queen's (at that time the King's) English. I think you have to concede to the English that they are the worlds foremost authorities on the English language, just as we Americans are the authorities on baseball and jazz. And even a Scotsman probably knows a bit about the English language.

Regards,

Jerry Moos

----- Original Message -----
From: Rsborno@aol.com
To: REClassicBikes@aol.com
Cc: classicrendezvous@bikelist.org
Sent: Monday, February 23, 2004 5:20 AM
Subject: Re: [CR]Fixed Gear & Track bikes

> 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