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They are spelled - B R A K E S

Old 07-17-21, 09:19 AM
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They are spelled - B R A K E S

Nuff Said
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Old 07-17-21, 09:21 AM
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Originally Posted by prairiepedaler
Nuff Said
Still, I always get a chuckle when someone talks about 'breaking' their bike.
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Old 07-17-21, 09:37 AM
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This needed a thread.

OR...

Only the first letter of a sentence is capitalized.

OR...

Sentences should end with some form of punctuation, generally a period.

OR...

When eliminating part of a word an apostrophe should be used.

OR...

This is three minutes of my life I'll never get back.

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Old 07-17-21, 10:30 AM
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It's spelled "Didactic"
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Old 07-17-21, 11:14 AM
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I've had a fear already today that I may have recently wrote b r e a k when I meant b r a k e. It's always bugged me when others do that so consistently in their posts.

Now you've got me more paranoid that I did in fact mess up!
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Old 07-17-21, 11:22 AM
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Old 07-17-21, 11:29 AM
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Oh, give me a brake, fer cryin outloud.
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Old 07-17-21, 11:33 AM
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Yeah, cut us some slaque
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Disk breaks are grate!
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Old 07-17-21, 11:38 AM
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Gimme a break!
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I'm just going to peddle my bike down the rode.
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Their ya go, it's always bugged me to.
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Old 07-17-21, 12:22 PM
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Originally Posted by Eric F
Disk breaks are grate!
Mmm

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Old 07-17-21, 02:05 PM
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While we're at it, if your shorts are uncomfortable then they're c h a f i n g you.
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Old 07-17-21, 02:07 PM
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then vs than
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Old 07-17-21, 02:13 PM
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Riding has one d.
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Old 07-17-21, 02:24 PM
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Could be an honest misteak.
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Old 07-17-21, 03:36 PM
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Pedants R Us!

(Though, really, a true pedant would feel the need to point out that it SHOULD BE 'We are pedants'.)
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Old 07-17-21, 03:37 PM
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Break/brake - same difference, for all intensive purposes. The pronounciations are the same. I could care less.
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Old 07-17-21, 04:19 PM
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Dont you guise get tyred of these treads?
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Old 07-17-21, 04:28 PM
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Originally Posted by genejockey
Break/brake - same difference, for all intensive purposes. The pronounciations are the same. I could care less.
I see what you did there.
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Are there brakes in between breaking, or is their bicycle not they'res to care about?
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memory lane.. perhaps this will help the scintillating conversation

https://genius.com/Cat-stevens-bad-brakes-lyrics
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Originally Posted by genejockey
Break/brake - same difference, for all intensive purposes. The pronounciations are the same. I could care less.

Your such a looser.
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Old 07-17-21, 05:26 PM
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I seen a lot of bikes for sell on facebook with wired petals.
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