Oh Asterisk! Agattu! Agutta!

[Cyclezee]

It ahs take me a wook to fund ouit I hafe bean spilling the nime ov the nuw Kalkhoff incorectlie

Why didn’t some one tell me Or are you all so polite, Or are u bislexik luke whut I ham
I’m not the only one though am I Fleccie, unbelievable Flecc is human!

Jonh

P.S. For everyone except Flecc who would know this fact already, Agattu is an unihabited island in the Aleutian chain. Unihabited by man that is, but heavily populated by sea birds and covered in guano. Just hope the bikes don't get covered in it!

 

[flecc]

No, you're not the only one, but I don't see anything wrong in me calling it the Kalkhoff Gateau since it's so tasty.

I think Kalkhoff Guano is going a bit far though.

Agattu, Agatthree, Agattfour, what does it matter.
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[Ian]

And I thought it was named after an actress from the Railway Children . Also considered tasty by many

 

[Cyclezee]

And I thought it was named after an actress from the Railway Children . Also considered tasty by many

Oh god Ian, I wish you hadn't said that, It's got me thinking about American Werewolf now, not Railway Children. I won't be able to sleep now, but not because I'm scared Think I will go and take a shower

John

 

[Tiberius]

are u bislexik

Hi John,

That really does sound like a condition derived from elextric biks.

I hope so, for if not I've stumbled into the wrong forum again.

Nick

 

[coops]

I was wondering what 'Agattu' meant, though if that is the origin of the name, thats a bit disappointing and unsatisfactory, so I say call it whatever you like - can't be much worse than a guano-covered island...

Gateau sounds nice too! .

Stuart.

 

[Tim]

Behold, Agattu!

 

[Chris]

Kalkhoff Review

Has M2B published their review yet ?

Chris

 

[Tim]

Has M2B published their review yet ?

Chris

I think the printed magazine goes out today. I keep checking for the online version at exacteditions.co.uk but no sign yet.

One bit of news - - we 're going to offer a free A to B subscription with every Kalkhoff bike. You heard it here first!

 

[Chris]

I think the printed magazine goes out today. I keep checking for the online version at exacteditions.co.uk but no sign yet.

One bit of news - - we 're going to offer a free A to B subscription with every Kalkhoff bike. You heard it here first!

Well blow me Tim-I have just paid my subscription( and bought a Kalkhoff)

 

[deesee]

Agattu

It's a pain isn't it Chris. I already subscribe to AtoB too AND I've just bought an Agattu. It arrived last Thursday and, what with one thing and another, I haven't had a chance to ride it yet.

I bought it on the strength of Flecc's recommendation - even before he'd actually tested it himself!

Thanks Flecc.

David

 

[flecc]

And I've been caught in a different way. Impatient to see the A to B Kalkhoff review, I added a paid for online subscription. The next day I received the magazine which announced in the editorial that they were giving away the online subscription to all existing subscribers.

Luckily it had only cost me peanuts.
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[oldosc]

I think the printed magazine goes out today. I keep checking for the online version at exacteditions.co.uk but no sign yet.

One bit of news - - we 're going to offer a free A to B subscription with every Kalkhoff bike. You heard it here first!

bought the bike waiting for the sub

 

[bode]

Peddling

Speaking of spelling, which is sort of how this thread began, why is it that in these forums dedicated to cycling, the word "peddling" seems to occur more often than "pedalling"? (And I do mean in relation to propulsion rather than purveying.)
Maybe it's the fault of the word "pedelec" itself that confusion arises...

 

[flecc]

Speaking of spelling, which is sort of how this thread began, why is it that in these forums dedicated to cycling, the word "peddling" seems to occur more often than "pedalling"? (And I do mean in relation to propulsion rather than purveying.)
Maybe it's the fault of the word "pedelec" itself that confusion arises...

It's not just in this forum or with e-bikes, bode. I've struggled to get people to spell pedal and pedalling correctly throughout my life, including when in the trade and also previously in this forum. Even where I know with certainty that members have seen the correction, they still insist on the wrong spelling.

Of course in our personal computing age, the reliance on spell checkers is a menace as usual, as so often the incorrect spelling not being corrected because it is correct in another context. We need software designers to produce spell checkers which check the context of the current text as the typing flows, thus able to highlight an incorrect word choice.

It could also partly be due to the original use of peddle as done by pedlars becoming defunct, leaving it free for other use, though the US spelling peddler is used for distributors of illegal drugs both sides of the atlantic, so that should give a clue about it's incorrect use in relation to cycling.
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[MaryinScotland]

Or then there's the story of the lady of dubious reputation, who bought a bicycle so she could pedal it all over town...

Let's see a context checker deal with that!

The English language is a real challenge to computers. One of the old examples of difficulty:
Time flies like an arrow.
Fruit flies like a banana.

Mary

 

[flecc]

True Mary.

Maybe a few false alerts would not be too high a price to pay though.
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