Comment on How did we get "bike" from "bicycle"?

over_clox@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

• bitjunkie@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

  People do say “trike”

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  • over_clox@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

    I know silly 😂

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• snooggums@piefed.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

  Tricycle > Trike

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  • pruwybn@discuss.tchncs.de ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

    Should be Motorke

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    • Pat_Riot@lemmy.today ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

      I prefer the German, Motorrad.

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      • mech@feddit.org ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

        Did you mean Kraftrad?

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  • over_clox@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

    I know silly 😂

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• pmk@piefed.ca ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

  If the name Mike is a shortened Michael, it’s also possible that bike is a shortened Bichael, and that’s the proper name. The whole bicycle/bike similarity could be a coincidence.

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  • Buffalobuffalo@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

    Tell that to my buddy Micycle, the 3rd.

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• xylol@leminal.space ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

  Do people say bicycle like bi cycle or bi sickle

  Also do they say it the same with motor cycle or motor sickle

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  • psycotica0@lemmy.ca ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

    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!

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    • xylol@leminal.space ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

      I always did bi sickle and motor cycle then I thought about motorsickle and realized it sounded strange

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  • flambonkscious@sh.itjust.works ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

    I think I use the latter but being from NZ, I probably sound like a total degenerate …

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• DeltaWingDragon@sh.itjust.works ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

  Quadricycle > Quike

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