58008@lemmy.world to No Stupid Questions@lemmy.worldEnglish · 23 hours agoHow did we get "bike" from "bicycle"?message-squaremessage-square44fedilinkarrow-up173arrow-down16file-text
arrow-up167arrow-down1message-squareHow did we get "bike" from "bicycle"?58008@lemmy.world to No Stupid Questions@lemmy.worldEnglish · 23 hours agomessage-square44fedilinkfile-text
minus-squareover_clox@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up19arrow-down2·edit-222 hours ago Bicycle > Bike Motorcycle > Mike Tricycle > Tike Unicycle > Unike
minus-squarepmk@piefed.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up15·21 hours agoIf the name Mike is a shortened Michael, it’s also possible that bike is a shortened Bichael, and that’s the proper name. The whole bicycle/bike similarity could be a coincidence.
minus-squareBuffalobuffalo@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkarrow-up5·18 hours agoTell that to my buddy Micycle, the 3rd.
minus-square[deleted]@piefed.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up20·edit-222 hours agoTricycle > Trike Motorcycle > Motorbike
minus-squarexylol@leminal.spacelinkfedilinkarrow-up4·17 hours agoDo people say bicycle like bi cycle or bi sickle Also do they say it the same with motor cycle or motor sickle
minus-squarepsycotica0@lemmy.calinkfedilinkarrow-up4·16 hours agoI hope I’m not missing a joke, but if you’re curious in my accent (Ontario, Canada) it would basically always be “bi-sickle” and “moter-saikle” Thank God I never got around to learning the International Phonetic Alphabet, or that might have been too easy and more useful!
minus-squarexylol@leminal.spacelinkfedilinkarrow-up1·14 hours agoI always did bi sickle and motor cycle then I thought about motorsickle and realized it sounded strange
minus-squareflambonkscious@sh.itjust.workscakelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·17 hours agoI think I use the latter but being from NZ, I probably sound like a total degenerate …
minus-squareMaeve@kbin.earthlinkfedilinkarrow-up7·22 hours ago Tricycle > Tike Trike? Unicycle > Unike 🤨
minus-squareMac@mander.xyzlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·16 hours agoBi cycle --> bi cycle --> bi ke Uni cycle --> uni cycle --> Eunuch
People do say “trike”
I know silly 😂
If the name Mike is a shortened Michael, it’s also possible that bike is a shortened Bichael, and that’s the proper name. The whole bicycle/bike similarity could be a coincidence.
Tell that to my buddy Micycle, the 3rd.
Tricycle > Trike
Motorcycle > Motorbike
Should be Motorke
I prefer the German, Motorrad.
Did you mean Kraftrad?
Well I do now
I know silly 😂
Do people say bicycle like bi cycle or bi sickle
Also do they say it the same with motor cycle or motor sickle
I hope I’m not missing a joke, but if you’re curious in my accent (Ontario, Canada) it would basically always be “bi-sickle” and “moter-saikle”
Thank God I never got around to learning the International Phonetic Alphabet, or that might have been too easy and more useful!
I always did bi sickle and motor cycle then I thought about motorsickle and realized it sounded strange
I think I use the latter but being from NZ, I probably sound like a total degenerate …
Trike?
🤨
Unicycle -> Unc
👏👏👏👏
Bi cycle --> bi
cycle--> bi keUni cycle --> uni
cycle--> Eunuch