58008@lemmy.world to No Stupid Questions@lemmy.worldEnglish · 24 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 · 24 hours agomessage-square44fedilinkfile-text
minus-squarexylol@leminal.spacelinkfedilinkarrow-up4·18 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-up4·17 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-up1·15 hours agoI always did bi sickle and motor cycle then I thought about motorsickle and realized it sounded strange
minus-squareflambonkscious@sh.itjust.workscakelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·18 hours agoI think I use the latter but being from NZ, I probably sound like a total degenerate …
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 …