Paul Carmichael

Muck wrote:
> This niggles me a tiny bit, so here goes.
>
> Ok, so horses have a saddle and you ride them, pedal bikes have a saddle
> and you ride them. So why do dome people drive a bike, when it has a
> saddle? Surely, cattle and cars you drive, horses and motorbikes[1] you
> ride... coz they've saddles.

I have a similar niggle in spanish.

To drive = "conducir" (conduct, if you like)

That applies to any vehicle, although quite often they say "circular" -
to circulate.

To ride is "cabalgar", but noone says that.

Everyone says "montar" (to mount) which to me sounds daft.

"Today I was mounting along on my motorcycle..."

Just can't bring myself to say it.

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steve auvache

In article <MPG.211ea1d1e95100ad989738@news.individual.net> , Muck
<muck@rulex.net> writes
>In article <5hjf15F3kfq67U1@mid.individual.net>, arse@tit.com says...
>
>> "Today I was mounting along on my motorcycle..."
>>
>> Just can't bring myself to say it.
>>
>
># I was mounting along singing a song..
>
>Heh... quite.

I don't want a pickle, I just want to mount my motorsickle.


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Paul Carmichael wrote:
> I have a similar niggle in spanish.
>
> To drive = "conducir" (conduct, if you like)
>
> That applies to any vehicle, although quite often they say "circular" -
> to circulate.
>
> To ride is "cabalgar", but noone says that.
>
> Everyone says "montar" (to mount) which to me sounds daft.
>
> "Today I was mounting along on my motorcycle..."
>
> Just can't bring myself to say it.

you prefer horsing around on your motorcycle?
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