Yep, I use the term and I picked it up from British magazine bike reviews. Cuz it sounds kinda cool and cuz I don't have to decide if I'm going to type derailer or hope my phone knows how to spell derailleur.
Joe "that's a nice bit of kit" Bernard On Tuesday, March 28, 2023 at 1:08:46 PM UTC-7 Josiah Anderson wrote: > Yep, British term. I've never heard it said here in the US but I've seen > it in writing plenty of times throughout my decade-plus of experience with > bikes (I was born seven years after Bridgestone USA folded and have been > working on bikes since late elementary school). As far as I know the term > has been around for a long time. > > Josiah > > Le mar. 28 mars 2023 à 1:37 PM, Eric Floden <eric....@gmail.com> a écrit : > >> IIRC a retronym is a new term required when new tech or other >> developments dictate a new term. The only example that comes to mind is >> "black and white teevee" yo replace "teevee*" after colour teevees became a >> thing. >> >> Or maybe not... >> >> EricF >> A sometime enjoyer of wordplay >> >> * spelling hopefully endorsed by Gilbert Shelton >> >> On Tuesday, 28 March 2023, Luke Hendrickson <phendr...@paulpath.net> >> wrote: >> > I’ve been wondering the same thing. I don’t hear anyone in the shop >> where I work (customer or mechanic) refer to them as such. I assume it’s a >> trend? >> > Luke >> > Old at heart in San Francisco >> > >> > On Tuesday, March 28, 2023 at 11:36:50 AM UTC-7 lconley wrote: >> >> >> >> In 54 years of working on bicycles with derailleurs, I had never used >> or heard them referred to as "mechs" until the last year or so. Where did >> this come from? Does it only refer to non-electronic derailleurs? >> >> Laing >> >> Old guy in Delray Beach FL >> > >> > -- >> > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google >> Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. >> > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send >> an email to rbw-owners-bun...@googlegroups.com. >> > To view this discussion on the web visit >> https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/rbw-owners-bunch/62f04f28-2351-439e-a3e9-d65c26e92addn%40googlegroups.com >> . >> > >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "RBW Owners Bunch" group. >> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >> email to rbw-owners-bun...@googlegroups.com. >> > To view this discussion on the web visit >> https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/rbw-owners-bunch/CAOGTYJCcDrm7HUvzNHyLbyMbD%3D7K6gD9JUJz2iS9yhF2UMe-RA%40mail.gmail.com >> >> <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/rbw-owners-bunch/CAOGTYJCcDrm7HUvzNHyLbyMbD%3D7K6gD9JUJz2iS9yhF2UMe-RA%40mail.gmail.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> >> . >> > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/rbw-owners-bunch/d1fd48f0-f1ec-4656-b917-6483e5d2873en%40googlegroups.com.
