I like the Grant pronunciation because it sounds like what it is. Beauty from useage.
On Monday, March 28, 2022 at 8:20:13 AM UTC-4 [email protected] wrote: > Grant's preferred pronunciation rhymes with usage. I prefer the French > pronunciation. The value in the idea of beausage is of course, embracing > wear on the bike by riding the bike. Tim Petersen > > On Sunday, March 27, 2022 at 4:55:37 PM UTC-5 Patrick Moore wrote: > >> I think it was Grant who made up this word, way back in the 1990s -- can >> anyone confirm (or correct)? >> >> At any rate, it has made the big time, listed in a real, online urban >> dictionary (if it's online, it must be real): >> https://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=Beausage >> >> I was perusing Craig Montgomery's touring Flickr album (wonderful, and I >> generally get bored after a few photos) where he used the term, so I >> Googled it and found the Urban Dictionary link. Yes, I'd heard about it >> long before this. >> >> I know that Grant says that the word is pronounced "BEW-sij," but he's >> wrong. It is pronounced bow-SAHHJ, in the French manner, which is much more >> impressive. >> >> Patrick "not much beausage on my bikes, but plenty on my person" Moore >> >> >> >> -- >> >> ----------------------------------------------------------------------- >> Patrick Moore >> Alburquerque, Nuevo Mexico, Etats Unis d'Amerique, Orbis Terrarum >> >> -- 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 [email protected]. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/rbw-owners-bunch/da0f4404-3c9d-432c-8846-598bd9eb8c10n%40googlegroups.com.
