more Manc Gumtree comedy..

I bet that was some kid's pride and joy. :evil:

Is tht one of those bikes tht hops over rocks like

chris667":7mi3mmz6 said:

I bet that was some kid's pride and joy. :evil:

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yeah sad and funny at the same time, hope it's not nicked - I see so may dodgy looking ads on Manchester Gumtree... there was a year-old £1800+ Scott XC race full susser going for under £300 the other day with no more than a few grunts by way of a description :evil:

rock hopper for sale needs a bit of work .....

new grailer and chain to put it back on the road

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Grailer?

:shock:

Just wrong

Shame its not a rockhopper either
but at least he is consistant................ly wrong

Jamie

one-eyed_jim":25zy3jyp said:

Grailer? :shock:

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As in Holy??

If I ever met him I'd like to teach him proper spelling and grammer!

Grailer = The grailer = the railer = de railer :?:

Steve Kish":3cz9h5zb said:

Grailer = The grailer = the railer = de railer :?:

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The really scary thing is that this is how words are developed and change over time.

Take "Orange" comes from the Spanish word "Naranja" which in turn comes from an Arabic word which I don't know.

When Narajas arrived in the UK it was difficult to say "A Naranja" so the N migrated to become "An Aranja" changed to "An Oranje" then "An Orange" through spelling and pronunciation changes.

So our gran kids will certainly be speaking a different language to us. Most European countries have government institutions looking after the language and new words, we don't. If a word is popular, it goes in the Oxford dictionary and that's it, it is why our language has changed so much since Shakespeare, and is changing rapidly now. We wil indeed be spelling in txt speak soon.

eeek, get me off the train :shock: