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Offline mini-me

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Ok, consensus needed here.
« on: August 24, 2019, 03:48:00 PM »
Bank holiday question for the housebound and/or bored.

My wife does copy editing, and for this job in hand needs to be accurate,and  has come across a pedantic problem.

I always say one rides a motorcycle, as opposed to driving one.

But this point concerns a story with  a sidecar outfit,  does one ride a side car out fit? or drive one?

I would contend one rides IN the side car but the whole outfit is "driven"  by the person at the controls.


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Re: Ok, consensus needed here.
« Reply #1 on: August 24, 2019, 04:26:24 PM »
Drives. At least that was always how the blue and green 'uns described it.

What sort of proofreading job is she doing that introduces such arcane terms?
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Re: Ok, consensus needed here.
« Reply #2 on: August 24, 2019, 05:25:10 PM »
Rides. Look at side car enthusiasts pages and they always refer to "riding techniques".
"Driving techniques"  always infers cars rather combo's to me.
« Last Edit: August 24, 2019, 05:27:25 PM by Rex »

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Re: Ok, consensus needed here.
« Reply #3 on: August 24, 2019, 05:54:28 PM »
Whether the bike has a chair or not it's still being ridden.
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Re: Ok, consensus needed here.
« Reply #4 on: August 24, 2019, 09:04:36 PM »
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What sort of proofreading job is she doing that introduces such arcane terms?

Don't ask me, 90% of what she does is well over my head ,I just let her get on with it apart from the occasional question like this.

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Re: Ok, consensus needed here.
« Reply #5 on: August 24, 2019, 10:46:32 PM »
Hi All,
Whether correct or not I have often heard the term of "pilot" used for the person in control or otherwise of an outfit  ::)

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Re: Ok, consensus needed here.
« Reply #6 on: August 26, 2019, 10:43:19 AM »
That certainly rings a bell John.
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Re: Ok, consensus needed here.
« Reply #7 on: August 26, 2019, 01:57:50 PM »
I think that term 'pilot' belongs to the days when the comics would refer to  'the model', 'the stable' or the 'winter hack'

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Re: Ok, consensus needed here.
« Reply #8 on: August 26, 2019, 02:33:19 PM »
Not to mention "the plot", "the bogwheel", "the bolide" (mostly referring to Vincents)
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Re: Ok, consensus needed here.
« Reply #9 on: August 26, 2019, 05:34:11 PM »
yep, had forgotten those.

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Re: Ok, consensus needed here.
« Reply #10 on: August 26, 2019, 06:40:38 PM »
Or the one that still seems to be used by certain mags, "instrument" for a carb.
Then there's rather strange US terms of "gear bag" and "oil bag" for gearbox and oil tank.