Grumpy Grammar Grinch Grouses...

[Kitsune06]

Petal - part of a flower

Peddle - to sell or trade something

Pedal - noun: the part of your bike that your foot rests on
verb: the act of turning the crank.

GG

PS You may peddle your petals while you pedal if you have a flower cart attached to your bike.

You can peddle a set of pedals and decorate them with petals to try to get a better price.

There's also
Pettle
–verb (used with object), -tled, -tling. Scot. and North England to fondle; pet.
So you may pettle the petals you're peddling as you pedal your little flower cart, too!

[velogirl]

Ooh! A new word. I like that Kitsune. Pettle -- I'm going to pettle the pedaling peddler!!!

Pettle, pettle, pettle!!!

[CyclChyk]

There's also
Pettle
–verb (used with object), -tled, -tling. Scot. and North England to fondle; pet.

Can I pettle something other than petals while peddling? I'm not even thinking about a bike/bike parts at this point.................

[Kitsune06]

... only if you're on a tandem.

[velogirl]

Not true, Kitsune!!! I can pettle pedallers next to me -- that's one of the main reasons we need to learn to ride with only one hand on the bar. Now I'm all paranoid that I spelled pedallers wrong. Oh bugger!

[wannaduacentury]

Rosie
http://www.electrabike.com/04/bikes/...6_fas_07.html#

Daisy
http://www.electrabike.com/04/bikes/...06_fas_06.html

"Petal Power" -Aren't these Cute?

[LBTC]

I LOOOOOVE Daisy! I know what I want when DH starts making plumber money!!

Namaste,
~T~

[Geonz]

I visited c.i.c.l.e. a couple weeks ago and they have assorted news articles on their site, and one had "peddling" in the headline... so I borrowed a name (I don't know why... ) and simply commented "pedal! pedal! your spelling teacher is weeping! .
The thread had a couple other comments (the first taking me to task for being too critical!) but before long somebody from cicle posts taht hey, they could use some help editing... does Cassie want to volunteer? (In the meantime I'd posted another correction, though I started with "nice article.")
So I guess I"ll email 'em and volunteer as myself ... BE YOURSELF always

... I get my Gazelle tonight, I get my Gazelle tonight...

[Pedal Wench]

What is up with the double/'tripple' debates? TRIPPLE??? Where does that come from????

[DeniseGoldberg]

Thanks V for starting this thread - but I think it needs a bump out of obscurity again. My eyes have started seeing posts again where women must be selling their bikes...

• peddling = selling
• pedaling = riding

I don't know about you, but I pedal my bike; it's definitely not for sale!

[Bad JuJu]

My department chair just circulated this review on the book The War Against Grammar. I find it refreshing to hear that I and the other grammar grinches here are not alone in our distress over the state of grammar these days. I can't wait to read the whole book, now that I've seen the review.

[BleeckerSt_Girl]

I thought it was funny when we (unfortunately) wound up eating at a big buffet style chain restaurant a couple of years ago, and after you got your main course on a plate, you could go over to a huge condiment bar with a big sign that read "FIXIN'S". Did the food somehow need to be "fixed" before it was edible??