Nah, only one and only the first time. But then there would be the grease that would spew out at subsequent greasings. Oh the horror!

 

Since it is now an educational thread:

Clearly you aren't an English major either. Otherwise you would have "You're not an English major by chance." "You're" is a contraction of you are and "English" is capitalized because it is derived from England for the language reference. Being in Arizona does not make the misspelling of wander right any more than it does the other errors. Here is that "error" in the dictionary:

• Wonder - to speculate curiously or be curious about; be curious to know: to wonder what happened.
• Wander - to go aimlessly, indirectly, or casually; meander: The river wanders among the rocks.

So you're wondering about your bike wandering. Here in the prim and proper state of Ohio we pronounce the former as [wuhn-der] the latter as [wahn-der], although the dictionary says it should be, as you do, [won-der]. If there is any place they are idiots it is in their pronunciation. We enunciate the "a" more than most making it as many here and at the ADVrider forum sound in some posts that don't go their way... waaaah, waaaah! waaaahnder

If spelling was by location those things in which we go fishing would be "boats" in most states, but would be "boots" up north around Canada in "da yooper" and maybe Wisconsin. We'd be talking "aboot" this, not about it. Heck, some Pennsylvanians say "keller" for the word color, but they still spell it color. Although pronunciation may differ, spelling does NOT differ depending on region. Being in AZ is not an excuse.

Do you guys write your checks like this because it sounds like this?



I mean that's what it sounds like... Wife just showed me this and I had to squeeze it in.

If you are an engineer that isn't an excuse either. Sorry, my professors kicked my tail on my papers for spelling and proper language use. They knew I not only had to know what I was doing, I had to express it in the correct way. Know when to use their, there, and they're; know and no; your and you're; along with many other proper uses of language. You never know who is reading what you are writing and what they perceive when you spell or use words incorrectly. Just sayin' impressions at work, man.

By the way, if you find me making mistakes rip me too. I deserve it as much as anyone and will take the constructive criticism. I earned to do that in school; make mistakes, fix mistakes, and learn. I do the same thing my students in the classes I teach... and I learn from them when they point out my errors, and they do. Nothing like catching the teacher with a mistake.

BACK ON TOPIC

Some last thoughts, are tires fully seated on the bead of the rim? Are rims true? How about the road itself. A heavily crowned road will want to lead the bike to the left.

 

You may know a dictionary, but your mother/school never taught you manners. One never corrects another in public. Which to me is a more grevious offense and shows one is crude and selfcentered. I myself carry this on into non-public situations, one just come off as being some kind of 'holier than thou' ***.
Good luck with correcting all the people you meet in the north/south/east/west, england, austrailia, scotland, and getting them to pronounce and spell their language to meet some arbitrary standard that you want to believe in.
Most people could care less, if you understand what the person is trying to communicate, it is just better to move on.

 

Older crew gets their panties in a bunch just like the younger crowd.

 

What did you say, Darrel? I didn't understand a single word. I'm from Texas, and we don't understand furiners too well...unless they're from Mexico.

 

Arbitrary???? The English language has rules. They may not make sense and there are more exceptions to those rules than there are rules but just the same ....

 

Wait, what did you earn in school? Bam! Gotcha!
Can we go back to motorcycles now?

 

...to my students... ?


I couldn't resist since Lotrat picked up the first one.

 

"They call me the wanderer
Yeah, the wanderer
I roam around, around, around..."

oh wait.... this thread isn't about the Dion song ?

Motorcycles it is.....

 

Nah, wildcard...this song has Dion's beat when it comes to beating the dead horse that has become this thread's title.

I Wonder as I Wander - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia