TheMightyEthan Posted June 25, 2012 Report Share Posted June 25, 2012 Over here bike refers to both motorcycles and bicycles. It's interesting to me that you don't call them bikes but do call them motorbikes, which we would never say. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
deanb Posted June 25, 2012 Author Report Share Posted June 25, 2012 Well it's shorthand for "motorised bicylce" you see. It saves time to shrink it to motorbike, even more than shrinking it down to bike which leaves ambiguity without a fair chunk of context around it. Riding a bike to work is...which one? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheMightyEthan Posted June 25, 2012 Report Share Posted June 25, 2012 Well, usually sans context "bike" means bicycle. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Faiblesse Des Sens Posted June 25, 2012 Report Share Posted June 25, 2012 Well, usually sans context "bike" means bicycle. Â And is that bicycle motorized or not? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fuchikoma Posted June 25, 2012 Report Share Posted June 25, 2012 Yeah, now that I own both, I specify and say "motorbike", but still, when I say "bike" people often ask "you mean motorcycle or pedal-bike?" so sometimes I have to say "mountain bike" instead (though my other bicycle is a road-mountain hybrid, so if I said "hybrid bike" I'm sure it'd cause even more confusion...) Â I was actually thinking of posting this here before but it didn't seem too relevant: In North America, cars, motorcycles, and most cheaper (department store, hardware store) bikes have Schrader valves on the tires (also, "tyres" is never used even in Canada.) Road bicycles with higher pressure tires, as well as more expensive mountain bikes tend to use Presta valves. I have never in my life seen a Dunlop valve in person - how widely are they used? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fuchikoma Posted June 25, 2012 Report Share Posted June 25, 2012 (edited) Also, in parts of Asia there's a small motorbike type called an "underbone." Over here we'd probably call those "mopeds" - though at least in Canada there are legal limits to that term that vary by province - maximum displacement, maximum acceleration and so on. If it's too powerful it doesn't count (but someone with a learner's permit can ride one without a supervisor in many places, making them a possible first vehicle for kids 14 to 16 years old) Edited June 25, 2012 by fuchikoma Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
deanb Posted June 26, 2012 Author Report Share Posted June 26, 2012 Â Â Why do you do this? WWWHHHHHYYYYY Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MasterDex Posted June 26, 2012 Report Share Posted June 26, 2012 (edited) Â Â Why do you do this? WWWHHHHHYYYYY Â Please tell me that's not an American version of The Inbetweeners. America, STOP TAKING GOOD STUFF AND MAKING IT SHIT! You're becoming worse than Turkey. Edited June 26, 2012 by MasterDex Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Battra92 Posted June 26, 2012 Report Share Posted June 26, 2012 Over here we'd probably call those "mopeds"  Mopeds are like fat girls  fun as hell to ride but you don't want your friends to know you have one.  3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hot Heart Posted June 26, 2012 Report Share Posted June 26, 2012 Re: Inbetweeners US Out of the two on the right, I can't tell which is supposed to be the really stupid one. I mean, the one on the far right looks dumber but he looks more like Jay...although Jay did look the dumbest... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheRevanchist Posted June 26, 2012 Report Share Posted June 26, 2012 (edited) Please tell me that's not an American version of The Inbetweeners. America, STOP TAKING GOOD STUFF AND MAKING IT SHIT! You're becoming worse than Turkey.  I like Star Trek, but the Turkish shitty version is fantastic! Their special defects are the best.  www.youtube.com/watch?v=APBjyBKq86k  How can you not laugh your ass off at this steaming pile? Edited June 26, 2012 by TheRevanchist Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Battra92 Posted June 26, 2012 Report Share Posted June 26, 2012 Please tell me that's not an American version of The Inbetweeners. America, STOP TAKING GOOD STUFF AND MAKING IT SHIT! You're becoming worse than Turkey.  I like Star Trek, but the Turkish shitty version is fantastic! Their special defects are the best.  www.youtube.com/watch?v=APBjyBKq86k  How can you not laugh your ass off at this steaming pile?  Now which one of those guys posts shitty oldmemes to Facebook that all my female friends share OVER 9000 times? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheRevanchist Posted June 26, 2012 Report Share Posted June 26, 2012 Everyone on FB posts memes over 9000 times! It's the modern chain mail. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheFlyingGerbil Posted June 26, 2012 Report Share Posted June 26, 2012 Re: Inbetweeners US Out of the two on the right, I can't tell which is supposed to be the really stupid one. I mean, the one on the far right looks dumber but he looks more like Jay...although Jay did look the dumbest... Â I actually made a whole post about that this afternoon but deleted it. But since you ask... Â The one in the yellow t-shirt has long hair, which is TV/film shorthand for pothead, so I'm guessing that's Neil and instead of being flat out dumb as spanners he's going to be coming out with the dopey/airheaded comments of a TV stoner. Â That leaves the other one as Jay. He pretends to be a hit with the ladies but isn't which would fit in with him being overweight so he's overcompensating for that. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WTF Posted June 27, 2012 Report Share Posted June 27, 2012 Honestly on a personal note I don't mind US versions of British shows because it brings revenue to the UK production co to some extent and the creators and rights holders. it gives jobs to people but unfortunately it can kill a few brain cells here and there. Â Humour may not translate well but it's better than revisiting shows over and over and making it terrible. This way a show's creator gets it out of their system and it exists as a different entity and they can move onto other projects. If it doesn't believe me, we can see them making the same shit for a much longer period. Also I do like the UK method of making shows have fewer than 13 episodes for syndication. That really needs to change out there. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
deanb Posted June 27, 2012 Author Report Share Posted June 27, 2012 Surely just showing the original british version brings in more cash for the british producers? Not like there needs to be any subbing/dubbing work done. And it only brings in cash for a US remake if the US guys go through the right channels, unlike the CBS Sherlock remake which halfway did proper channels then decided to remake it off their own bat. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheMightyEthan Posted June 27, 2012 Report Share Posted June 27, 2012 Americans don't tend to like British comedy though, so even though more of the money made would go to the British producers if they just straight up syndicated it there will likely be less money overall because fewer people will watch it. Â As far as Sherlock goes, can you really blame them? The source material's in the public domain. Why license it when you can make your own? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
deanb Posted June 27, 2012 Author Report Share Posted June 27, 2012 Cos they're not making a Sherlock Holmes, they're doing a Sherlock in the 21st century. Which doesn't have the source material in the public domain. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheMightyEthan Posted June 27, 2012 Report Share Posted June 27, 2012 Well that's gonna depend on how close it is to the British version. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thursday Next Posted June 28, 2012 Report Share Posted June 28, 2012 It's going to be an American Sherlock isn't it. He'll have British ancestry but will have been raised in New York or some crap. I don't know anything about it and I already hate it almost as much as I hated the US version of Red Dwarf. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hot Heart Posted July 19, 2012 Report Share Posted July 19, 2012 Check out the like/dislike bar on the site. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mercurial Posted July 19, 2012 Report Share Posted July 19, 2012 Well it is pretty awful looking. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thursday Next Posted July 20, 2012 Report Share Posted July 20, 2012 If they wanted to make American Pie a TV show, then why not just make "American Pie the Series"? Why pretend it is like the inbetweeners? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheFlyingGerbil Posted July 20, 2012 Report Share Posted July 20, 2012 Does the fact it's based on a UK TV series mean people will be more interested in it? I'm pretty sure they didn't have to buy the rights to be able to make a sitcom about awkward teenagers. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thursday Next Posted July 20, 2012 Report Share Posted July 20, 2012 God knows. This just seems to me to gel far better with the American Pie brand than the inbetweeners one. It looks too polished, too rounded and not uncomfortable enough. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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