58008@lemmy.world to No Stupid Questions@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 month agoHow did we get "bike" from "bicycle"?message-squaremessage-square46linkfedilinkarrow-up179arrow-down17file-text
arrow-up172arrow-down1message-squareHow did we get "bike" from "bicycle"?58008@lemmy.world to No Stupid Questions@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 month agomessage-square46linkfedilinkfile-text
minus-squarepsycotica0@lemmy.calinkfedilinkarrow-up6·1 month 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-up3·1 month agoI always did bi sickle and motor cycle then I thought about motorsickle and realized it sounded strange
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