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On Monday, February 8, 2016 at 2:36:03 PM UTC, John Smith wrote:
JNugent On 08/02/2016 09:25, Tom Crispin wrote: By the way, the collective noun for cyclists is "peloton" not "pack". No, it isn't. The OED seems to think it is. Now, whom should we believe... Oxford Dictionaries? Or a petrolhead troll who has no ****ing clue how Usenet works? Hmm ..... that's a tough one. What about motorists? A fume of motorists? |
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On Monday, February 8, 2016 at 1:56:32 PM UTC, JNugent wrote:
On 08/02/2016 09:25, Tom Crispin wrote: On Monday, February 8, 2016 at 8:58:30 AM UTC, Peter Parry wrote: Tom Crispin wrote: What is not acceptable in a moral society, that someone can drive a motor vehicle at an innocent third party, injure them, then drive away with impunity, knowing that when questioned by the police they can say, "I don't know who was driving". A variant of that occurred in a case I have mentioned before when a pedestrian on a canal path was kicked to the ground by one of a pack of cyclists out "training". A number of witnesses saw the event but couldn't tell which of the group of riders, all in identical Lycra, kicked the lady to the ground. All of the riders out that day simply denied having seen anything happen despite many cycling around her. The result, as in this case, was that no prosecution for assault was possible. In that case, all should be charged with perverting the course of justice, and face a punishment similar to that which their "friend" committed. You didn't say that at the time, though, did you? I have no recollection of the report. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Common_purpose By the way, the collective noun for cyclists is "peloton" not "pack". No, it isn't. Yes it is. That's just an affectation adopted by people who think it makes them sound somehow better than they actually are. No it's not. "Pack" - not least because it a is a pukka English word [see what I did there?] is the correct term. Or at least, a correct term. "Peloton" has no place in the discourse of intelligent people. Yes it has. |
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Tom Crispin wrote:
On Monday, February 8, 2016 at 2:36:03 PM UTC, John Smith wrote: JNugent On 08/02/2016 09:25, Tom Crispin wrote: By the way, the collective noun for cyclists is "peloton" not "pack". No, it isn't. The OED seems to think it is. Now, whom should we believe... Oxford Dictionaries? Or a petrolhead troll who has no ****ing clue how Usenet works? Hmm ..... that's a tough one. What about motorists? A fume of motorists? A manipulation, according to this bloke... http://all-sorts.org/nouns/psychopaths -- john smith |MA (Hons)|MPhil (Hons)|CAPES (mention très bien)|LLB (Hons) 'It never gets any easier. You just get faster' (Greg LeMond (1961 - )) |
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On Monday, 8 February 2016 16:54:42 UTC, Tom Crispin wrote:
What about motorists? A fume of motorists? Someone mention me? http://bit.ly/1l9052U |
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On Mon, 8 Feb 2016 01:25:13 -0800 (PST), Tom Crispin
wrote: By the way, the collective noun for cyclists is "peloton" not "pack". Is it? It seems to be a very recent intruder derived from the French for" small balls" according to the Oxford Dictionaries site. Rather unfortunate. A croissant of cyclists would have been less embarrassing. In any event it only applies to the push bike riders in a race (where the cumulative effects of saddle irritation and a predilection for drugs may make it quite accurate). Possibly for a pack of standard issue push bikers - an annoyance of cyclists, an embarrassment of cyclists, an irritation of cyclists, a drizzle of cyclists? |
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On Monday, 8 February 2016 22:11:31 UTC, Peter Parry wrote:
an irritation of cyclists A ******* of drivers in London? https://pbs.twimg.com/media/CasTCsVWEAAqomZ.jpg:large |
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On 08/02/2016 22:11, Peter Parry wrote:
On Mon, 8 Feb 2016 01:25:13 -0800 (PST), Tom Crispin wrote: By the way, the collective noun for cyclists is "peloton" not "pack". Is it? It seems to be a very recent intruder derived from the French for" small balls" according to the Oxford Dictionaries site. Rather unfortunate. A croissant of cyclists would have been less embarrassing. In any event it only applies to the push bike riders in a race (where the cumulative effects of saddle irritation and a predilection for drugs may make it quite accurate). Possibly for a pack of standard issue push bikers - an annoyance of cyclists, an embarrassment of cyclists, an irritation of cyclists, a drizzle of cyclists? For London cyclists: 'A swearing or a snarling of cyclists' |
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On Monday, 8 February 2016 22:11:31 UTC, Peter Parry wrote:
a drizzle of cyclists? A spittle of drivers? http://road.cc/sites/default/files/s...tok=jR5u wWyO |
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On 08/02/2016 22:22, MrCheerful wrote:
On 08/02/2016 22:11, Peter Parry wrote: Tom Crispin wrote: By the way, the collective noun for cyclists is "peloton" not "pack". Is it? It seems to be a very recent intruder derived from the French for" small balls" according to the Oxford Dictionaries site. Rather unfortunate. A croissant of cyclists would have been less embarrassing. In any event it only applies to the push bike riders in a race (where the cumulative effects of saddle irritation and a predilection for drugs may make it quite accurate). Possibly for a pack of standard issue push bikers - an annoyance of cyclists, an embarrassment of cyclists, an irritation of cyclists, a drizzle of cyclists? For London cyclists: 'A swearing or a snarling of cyclists' An obscenity of London cyclists. |
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On Tuesday, February 9, 2016 at 12:01:04 AM UTC, JNugent wrote:
An obscenity of London cyclists. I cannot imagine how sad it must be to live a life so full of hatred. What traumatic event in your life made you like this? |
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