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Not to interrupt the revelry, but it possibly has something to do with the pronunciation of the word cycle, and when the various types of bikes were named. The word cycle /'saɪkl/ predates the others. It may have been that bicycle was originally pronounced /'baɪsaɪkl/, but that the second of the two diphthongs was reduced by some process of dissimulation /'baɪsɪkl/.
Ceci n'est pas un seing.
Entire Thread Subject Posted By Posted Recycling Jackie 01/22/10 02:02 AM Re: Recycling twosleepy 01/22/10 03:34 AM Re: Recycling Faldage 01/22/10 10:51 AM Re: Recycling twosleepy 01/22/10 03:11 PM Re: Recycling Jackie 01/23/10 03:48 AM Re: Recycling Faldage 01/23/10 01:00 PM Re: Recycling zmjezhd 01/23/10 02:13 PM Re: Recycling BranShea 01/23/10 10:20 PM Re: Recycling Jackie 01/24/10 03:25 AM Re: Recycling twosleepy 01/24/10 03:29 AM Re: Recycling Faldage 01/24/10 12:13 PM Re: Recycling Jackie 01/26/10 04:01 AM Re: Recycling wsieber 02/07/10 02:16 PM Re: Recycling LukeJavan8 02/07/10 05:48 PM Re: Recycling BranShea 02/07/10 06:32 PM
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