Stefan Mikes
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- Mazovia, Poland
I'm Polish. We name the derailleur a "przerzutka" in Polish. Literally: A flipperIt's deraille if you're French.
I'm Polish. We name the derailleur a "przerzutka" in Polish. Literally: A flipperIt's deraille if you're French.
Flipper. I like it. I think that most Americans call it a thingamabob, doohickey or the bent thingy.I'm Polish. We name the derailleur a "przerzutka" in Polish. Literally: A flipper
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Flipper. I like it. I think that most Americans call it a thingamabob.
thingamabob
noun
INFORMAL
- used to refer to or address a person or thing whose name one has forgotten, does not know, or does not wish to mention.
Damn it, "fenders" are bass and electric guitars by Leo Fender
Innit, @DaveMatthews
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"Fender guitars, get out of this country!" Note the Poland's national colours in this meme
(Apologise for my British English! I still think it is a "mudguard" not a "fender" and a "flyover" not an "overpass")
It's deraille if you're French.
Actually, Canada has French as a second language.
In the late 70's we switched to the metric system and we spelt "litre" because of the French Canadian influence.
It's pretty much spelt as liter now except maybe in Quebec?
We had to take French in grades 7&8.
I hated it, but I can still count to 10 in French.
"Litre" is the British English spelling. Same as "metre"In the late 70's we switched to the metric system and we spelt "litre" because of the French Canadian influence.
"Litre" is the British English spelling. Same as "metre"
I wonder how many people make the mistake of writing kph instead of km/h. "k" means "kilo" (one thousand), not a kilometre
I do understand. Now, how would you shorten "metre per second"?Kph is an accepted way of saying km/h here. We all do that.
Now let us talk a pint of beer! The British pint is far bigger than the U.S. one! Good that you Canadians went metric and I don't mind "kph". We all understand each other!Our gallon was 4.54 liters, not 3.78 liters.