trail pronunciations

[Drewdane]

@KLizotte 88478 wrote:

I call it the WO&D. I used to call it the “WOD” but no one knew what I was talking about. :p

Depends on who I’m talking to. Fellow cyclists: “The WOD”. Lesser mortals: “The W and O-D”.

[cyclingfool]

Jim Davis pronounces it W and Odie. [ATTACH=CONFIG]6006[/ATTACH]

[lordofthemark]

@cyclingfool 88639 wrote:

That would be Bostonians and Mainers, but it’s a very soft r.

A section of the Boston and Maine has been converted to a rail trail near Troy, and is called the Uncle Sam Trail (Uncle Sam being associated with Troy.)

[baiskeli]

@PotomacCyclist 88626 wrote:

Do British transplants try to add an extra “r” in there, somewhere?

The British, and Bostonians, say “Double you and OR dee.”

[cyclingfool]

It’s conveniently closed from dusk to dawn as a giant F U to Troy, NY bike commuters who might want to use this beautiful 3.5 mile asphalt rail trail any time other than late spring and summer…

[cyclingfool]

Alternate British pronunciation:

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[americancyclo]

@lordofthemark 88650 wrote:

A section of the Boston and Maine has been converted to a rail trail near Troy, and is called the Uncle Sam Trail (Uncle Sam being associated with Troy.)

@cyclingfool 88656 wrote:

It’s conveniently closed from dusk to dawn as a giant F U to Troy, NY bike commuters who might want to use this beautiful 3.5 mile asphalt rail trail any time other than late spring and summer…

What’s with all the upstate references? Do we have native NYers here?

[lordofthemark]

@cyclingfool 88656 wrote:

It’s conveniently closed from dusk to dawn as a giant F U to Troy, NY bike commuters who might want to use this beautiful 3.5 mile asphalt rail trail any time other than late spring and summer…

My impression of Troy is that I wouldn’t expect enforcement of that to be terribly efficient.

What’s with all the upstate references? Do we have native NYers here? .

My D goes to school up there.

[Dickie]

I haven’t understood a word from this post.

[ShawnoftheDread]

@Dickie 88676 wrote:

I haven’t understood a word from this post.

Just add an I to each word, somewhere in the middle.

[baiskeli]

@ShawnoftheDread 88677 wrote:

Just add an I to each word, somewhere in the middle.

Dickie is part Canadian, so add an “eh” to the end of each sentence, eh?

[Vicegrip]

@baiskeli 88679 wrote:

Dickie is part Canadian, so add an “eh” to the end of each sentence, eh?

Which part?

[ShawnoftheDread]

@Vicegrip 88690 wrote:

Which part?

The part that lacks self-confidence.

[Dickie]

@baiskeli 88679 wrote:

Dickie is part Canadian, so add an “eh” to the end of each sentence, eh?

To set the story straight, I only lived there for 12 years and never applied for citizenship, and although I played hockey, frequented Tim Hortons, occasionally had poutine, complained about American’s, ordered 2-4’s at the beer store, and wore a silly hat called a toque I would not consider myself Canadian.

@Vicegrip 88690 wrote:

Which part?

The part that had free health care

[cyclingfool]

dickie;88718 wrote:

the part that had free health care

Elite!

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