Buon Giorno, tutti ...at the risk of seemingly sneaking in another shill for my current ebay offerings, I had an "off-liste" discussion about fractured English with the esteemed Mark Bulgier regarding one of the derailleurs I have listed currently ( or until a Japanese collector -bless 'em- snags it....)
It's a Simplex engraved logo rear, but in English states loudly, "Made in Italy". What is funny is above that it states the model in French, sort of as "Tipe Champion Du Monde". Mark asks: "what language is "Tipe"?. I dunno. I thought it was weird enough for a French derailleur to be made in Italy but state so in English.
Which got us to passing some old chestnut mis-translations, and these are my favorites ( quoting from memory here) 1. suntour freewheels "with the patented mechanism saying tick-tack, tick tack" and 2,every adolescent boy's need fulfilled (perhaps) with Zefal pumps and thier "protective hand grip to avoid that burning sensation while pumping".
Indeed. What else do we collectively recall as weird and/or humerous?
Riccardo Bulissimo
Verdi, NV
( I'll leave it to you to chase down the ebay listing link, so that (shhhhhhhhh! ) Dale doesn't think I am a lawless hellion)