Re: [CR]Bespoke Touring Bike on UK Ebay

(Example: Production Builders)

Date: Wed, 13 Dec 2006 22:31:34 -0500
From: "gabriel l romeu" <romeug@comcast.net>
Cc: classicrendezvous@bikelist.org
Subject: Re: [CR]Bespoke Touring Bike on UK Ebay
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and, btw, bespoke could infer a production backlog and that the produced

pieces have customers already spoken for. custom usually implies that a piece is 'tailor' made for a specific customer.


> Actually, "bespoke" is not a word used in American English. It is
> regarded here as a British term. The American equivalent is "custom"
> although overuse has corrupted the meaning of that word.

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