How do you pronounce Tange?

[novocaine]

well, I feel a bit dumb this morning.
tang, no e. never been corrected, but then I don't spend most of my life talking about how the frame feels and how one 5 series is better than the last.

 

[R-V]

Wait till you find out you've been saying Maeda wrong all this time too. As in the people who made loads of the Suntour stuff.

And I'd guess you drank to much Sakae Ringyo last night and spilled out of the pub and into here?

Also ringyo has a different pronounciation here, and a different meaning, a rather unpolite expression for women who are practicing the most ancient profession

 

[markoc]

I have no requirement to verbalise the word "tange" as I simply don't use it with any human beings in normal conversation. Most people I interact with don't seem to be able to hold a conversation about those funny old bikes I like.

I am quite happy to use it when conversing with you wonderful lot of absolute strangers though, and when I do so on here I always make sure to carefully type it as "tange". So there.




(yes, in my head it's flange, because why wouldn't it be)

 

[trailstar82]

I dare @2manyoranges to ask this question over on Pinkbike

Post in thread 'The nature of RetroChat.'
https://www.retrobike.co.uk/threads/the-nature-of-retrochat.470349/post-3477537

 

[trailstar82]

I have no requirement to verbalise the word "tange" as I simply don't use it with any human beings in normal conversation. Most people I interact with don't seem to be able to hold a conversation about those funny old bikes I like.

I am quite happy to use it when conversing with you wonderful lot of absolute strangers though, and when I do so on here I always make sure to carefully type it as "tange". So there.




(yes, in my head it's flange, because why wouldn't it be)

Flange is winning the poll, so it will remain that way in my head too…

 

[27motorhead]

Flange is winning the poll, so it will remain that way in my head too…

I always assumed Tange as in Flange was more of a UK thing so maybe the UK bias is at play. Would be good to get more input from across the pond and other regions.

 

[MattiThundrrr]

Fcuk it, I'm adding eh to everything

You're officially Canadian now, eh?

 

[2manyoranges]

I dare @2manyoranges to ask this question over on Pinkbike

Post in thread 'The nature of RetroChat.'
https://www.retrobike.co.uk/threads/the-nature-of-retrochat.470349/post-3477537

NOOOOOOOOO !!!!!!!!!!!

It would be a bloodbath.

 

[JCS]

This must be the fastest growing thread ever. 12 pages in a day. It’s a flange-fest

 

[Carge]

So my Kilauea has a Shimmerno drivetrain, Soogeeno cranks, Soontour shifters, Dire-Compay brakes and a Tangay frame?
About right?

Kilauea? Now is that Keel-awa-yourrrr?
Kilauea is, apparently, Hawaiian for "another can of worms"