for the Brits, it's cultural to Anglicize the French language. In 1905 the world casting champion, a Frenchman, Louis Bougle, approached Hardy Brothers to build him a reel to his specification. The reel is still produced, and is up to the MkVIII. Hardy calls it the Boog-lay.
On Tuesday, March 18, 2014 12:19:58 PM UTC-5, AaronY wrote: > > Since we're talking about how to mispronounce things this may be the only > chance I get to say I actually prefer the incorrect (to my knowledge) way > of saying bleriot. I like to say it so it rhymes with chariot. Like > Cheviot, but with an R. > > Aaron "Far From French, for better or worse" Young > The Dalles, OR > > > On Tue, Mar 18, 2014 at 5:34 AM, Ron Mc <bulld...@gmail.com > <javascript:>>wrote: > >> We need a good old American name on these Taiwanese frames - oh...never >> mind. >> >> >> On Tuesday, March 18, 2014 6:37:32 AM UTC-5, Michael Hechmer wrote: >>> >>> When I was commuting and stopped in the left hand lane at a traffic >>> light I sometimes found myself next to a motorcycle. I would always look >>> over at the guy and say, "Hey man, your bikes maken a funny noise; has it >>> been coin that for long?" Never failed to get a laugh. >>> >>> Michael >>> >>> On Monday, March 17, 2014 9:20:59 PM UTC-4, Andy Williams wrote: >>>> >>>> So, I'm on the commute tonight, stopped at a light, and the woman in >>>> the car next to me rolls down her window, smiles and says, 'Nice bike! >>>> I've never seen a Blue Riot before!' >>>> >>>> And, I respond, 'Thanks! It's a Bleriot!' >>>> >>>> And she asks, 'So, it's a French bike?' >>>> >>>> The light changed, and we're off...... >>>> >>>> So here it is, the Blue Riot... >>>> >>>> http://www.flickr.com/photos/awilliams53/10790990694/ >>>> >>>> Andy >>>> >>> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "RBW Owners Bunch" group. >> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >> email to rbw-owners-bun...@googlegroups.com <javascript:>. >> To post to this group, send email to >> rbw-owne...@googlegroups.com<javascript:> >> . >> Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. >> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. >> > > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
