[font=Verdana]Hello guys I’m doing for my French class a presentation about the language of the bicyclist, or what I like to call cyclespeak. I was interesting on a number of expressions that are used in European races and are from different languages, not necessarily English.[/font]
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[font=Verdana] For example I think that to flick with somebody is to mess with him, just for the purpose of making his life difficult and comes from the German flicken. I was wondering if you know different words like that. I am not particular interested in the common lingo for I know it but something more special. [/font]
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[font=Verdana]Also I remember reading in one of Lance’s books about a happening in which he wanted to give the stage win to somebody else, and Italian, and rode along and told him to come, but was misinterpreted as something else and I was wondering if any of you know the situation and the words in Italian.
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[font=Verdana]I know this is a lot to ask but it seams to me to be pretty interesting stuff. Thanks. [/font]
[font=Verdana]Hello guys I’m doing for my French class a presentation about the language of the bicyclist, or what I like to call cyclespeak. I was interesting on a number of expressions that are used in European races and are from different languages, not necessarily English.[/font]
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[font=Verdana] For example I think that to flick with somebody is to mess with him, just for the purpose of making his life difficult and comes from the German flicken. I was wondering if you know different words like that. I am not particular interested in the common lingo for I know it but something more special. [/font]
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[font=Verdana]Also I remember reading in one of Lance’s books about a happening in which he wanted to give the stage win to somebody else, and Italian, and rode along and told him to come, but was misinterpreted as something else and I was wondering if any of you know the situation and the words in Italian.
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[font=Verdana]I know this is a lot to ask but it seams to me to be pretty interesting stuff. Thanks. [/font]
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TdF 2000.Armstrong claims that he said "Vince" (Italian for "you can win"😉 to Marco Pantani on Stage 12,Mont Ventoux.He says that Pantani thought he said"Vitesse" (French for "quicker"😉 and that Pantani regarded it as a taunt.
