(09-17-2020, 09:37 AM)Cormanus_imp Wrote: [ -> ]Gee, mjwasti, I think we might require the skills of a competent grammarian here. pdedse? Someone? Isn't RLET Racing a compound noun?
I'm struggling to think how to use RLET as an adjective except, perhaps, in a phrase—e.g. "Arnie looked very handsome in his fitting-like-an-RLET t-shirt"—but it's a bit contrived. "RLETs Racing" makes me think of RLETs' racing, which could be a fun spectacle. I'll bet the little suckers can go.
All of which is a long way of saying that, for lots of reason, the best name for EmptySea's and Inhouse Bob's CB1100 racing outfit ends up being RLET Racing.
RLET is a noun “acting as an adjective” to describe Racing and therefore should be singular. Anyway, the important thing is to have them fitted to our CBs.
(09-18-2020, 02:03 AM)mjwasti_imp Wrote: [ -> ] (09-17-2020, 09:37 AM)Cormanus_imp Wrote: [ -> ]Gee, mjwasti, I think we might require the skills of a competent grammarian here. pdedse? Someone? Isn't RLET Racing a compound noun?
I'm struggling to think how to use RLET as an adjective except, perhaps, in a phrase—e.g. "Arnie looked very handsome in his fitting-like-an-RLET t-shirt"—but it's a bit contrived. "RLETs Racing" makes me think of RLETs' racing, which could be a fun spectacle. I'll bet the little suckers can go.
All of which is a long way of saying that, for lots of reason, the best name for EmptySea's and Inhouse Bob's CB1100 racing outfit ends up being RLET Racing.
RLET is a noun “acting as an adjective” to describe Racing and therefore should be singular. Anyway, the important thing is to have them fitted to our CBs.
We mustn't underestimate the power of language in general and that of RLETs in particular. We can't put RLETs in some grammarian box and expect them to stay contained.
IF RLET is a noun that can act as an adjective, then it can function as other parts of speech as well.
RLET (n): My right side RLET split upon install, now I need to buy two more.
RLET (adj): RLET Racing is the most pure form of racing today.
RLET (vb): Wow, you really RLETTED that mirror right on! (sarcastic in meaning, as in "what took you so long to get those mirrors on!")
RLET (adv): "How did your day go, sweetie?" --> "It went rather RLETedly, I'm afraid; I just couldn't get anything to go right"
RLET (interjection): Ahhh, RLETs!!! How many times are we gonna go through proper installation techniques?
Collins and Websters need to do some updating.
But...there is the matter of pronunciation.
Is it...
1)ÁR-LET
2)Ruh-LÉT
3) AR-EL-EE-TEE (similar to "reality")
4) ...or other?
(09-18-2020, 02:58 AM)pdedse_imp Wrote: [ -> ] (09-18-2020, 02:03 AM)mjwasti_imp Wrote: [ -> ] (09-17-2020, 09:37 AM)Cormanus_imp Wrote: [ -> ]Gee, mjwasti, I think we might require the skills of a competent grammarian here. pdedse? Someone? Isn't RLET Racing a compound noun?
I'm struggling to think how to use RLET as an adjective except, perhaps, in a phrase—e.g. "Arnie looked very handsome in his fitting-like-an-RLET t-shirt"—but it's a bit contrived. "RLETs Racing" makes me think of RLETs' racing, which could be a fun spectacle. I'll bet the little suckers can go.
All of which is a long way of saying that, for lots of reason, the best name for EmptySea's and Inhouse Bob's CB1100 racing outfit ends up being RLET Racing.
RLET is a noun “acting as an adjective” to describe Racing and therefore should be singular. Anyway, the important thing is to have them fitted to our CBs.
We mustn't underestimate the power of language in general and that of RLETs in particular. We can't put RLETs in some grammarian box and expect them to stay contained.
IF RLET is a noun that can act as an adjective, then it can function as other parts of speech as well.
RLET (n): My right side RLET split upon install, now I need to buy two more.
RLET (adj): RLET Racing is the most pure form of racing today.
RLET (vb): Wow, you really RLETTED that mirror right on! (sarcastic in meaning, as in "what took you so long to get those mirrors on!")
RLET (adv): "How did your day go, sweetie?" --> "It went rather RLETedly, I'm afraid; I just couldn't get anything to go right"
RLET (interjection): Ahhh, RLETs!!! How many times are we gonna go through proper installation techniques?
Collins and Websters need to do some updating.
But...there is the matter of pronunciation.
Is it...
1)ÁR-LET
2)Ruh-LÉT
3) AR-EL-EE-TEE (similar to "reality")
4) ...or other?
How very true. But what a can of worms you've cracked open. Or should I say, 'That's torn the rlet'?
I have questions:
(1) For the first time, this discussion has acknowledged that RLET has transitioned from an acronym to a word—see, for example, RADAR. Does that mean we should now use the word in lower case—rlet? (See the earlier discussion about the plural of RLET.)
(2) Collins, Webster, Oxford and Macquarie will define it something like "rlet 1. (n)—the rubber artefact fitted to the end of the clutch and brake levers on motorcycles, particularly Honda motorcycles." But now you've identified the evolution of the verb, is this the correct definition: "2. (v) to struggle to fit or install a part or accessory smoothly and competently?"
(3) Your use of RLET as an adjective seems to contemplate RLET racing as a competition—the objects racing, as in motorcycle racing or Quidditch. I had always understood that Empty Sea and Inhouse Bob designed the T-shirt logo to represent RLET Racing as the Ferret's motorcycle racing company, as in Honda Racing Corporation. Hence my suggestion that it was more a compound noun than an adjective. So, if I'm wrong, as it's likely that I am, can someone describe what happens at an RLET* race?
On the matter of pronunciation, I have always favoured your definition 1). However, definition 2) is appealing, particularly if the 't' is silent; except, of course, in the plural.
* The autocorrect function on my computer now converts rlet to RLET!
(09-18-2020, 08:15 AM)Cormanus_imp Wrote: [ -> ] (09-18-2020, 02:58 AM)pdedse_imp Wrote: [ -> ] (09-18-2020, 02:03 AM)mjwasti_imp Wrote: [ -> ] (09-17-2020, 09:37 AM)Cormanus_imp Wrote: [ -> ]Gee, mjwasti, I think we might require the skills of a competent grammarian here. pdedse? Someone? Isn't RLET Racing a compound noun?
I'm struggling to think how to use RLET as an adjective except, perhaps, in a phrase—e.g. "Arnie looked very handsome in his fitting-like-an-RLET t-shirt"—but it's a bit contrived. "RLETs Racing" makes me think of RLETs' racing, which could be a fun spectacle. I'll bet the little suckers can go.
All of which is a long way of saying that, for lots of reason, the best name for EmptySea's and Inhouse Bob's CB1100 racing outfit ends up being RLET Racing.
RLET is a noun “acting as an adjective” to describe Racing and therefore should be singular. Anyway, the important thing is to have them fitted to our CBs.
We mustn't underestimate the power of language in general and that of RLETs in particular. We can't put RLETs in some grammarian box and expect them to stay contained.
IF RLET is a noun that can act as an adjective, then it can function as other parts of speech as well.
RLET (n): My right side RLET split upon install, now I need to buy two more.
RLET (adj): RLET Racing is the most pure form of racing today.
RLET (vb): Wow, you really RLETTED that mirror right on! (sarcastic in meaning, as in "what took you so long to get those mirrors on!")
RLET (adv): "How did your day go, sweetie?" --> "It went rather RLETedly, I'm afraid; I just couldn't get anything to go right"
RLET (interjection): Ahhh, RLETs!!! How many times are we gonna go through proper installation techniques?
Collins and Websters need to do some updating.
But...there is the matter of pronunciation.
Is it...
1)ÁR-LET
2)Ruh-LÉT
3) AR-EL-EE-TEE (similar to "reality")
4) ...or other?
How very true. But what a can of worms you've cracked open. Or should I say, 'That's torn the rlet'?
I have questions:
(1) For the first time, this discussion has acknowledged that RLET has transitioned from an acronym to a word—see, for example, RADAR. Does that mean we should now use the word in lower case—rlet? (See the earlier discussion about the plural of RLET.)
(2) Collins, Webster, Oxford and Macquarie will define it something like "rlet 1. (n)—the rubber artefact fitted to the end of the clutch and brake levers on motorcycles, particularly Honda motorcycles." But now you've identified the evolution of the verb, is this the correct definition: "2. (v) to struggle to fit or install a part or accessory smoothly and competently?"
(3) Your use of RLET as an adjective seems to contemplate RLET racing as a competition—the objects racing, as in motorcycle racing or Quidditch. I had always understood that Empty Sea and Inhouse Bob designed the T-shirt logo to represent RLET Racing as the Ferret's motorcycle racing company, as in Honda Racing Corporation. Hence my suggestion that it was more a compound noun than an adjective. So, if I'm wrong, as it's likely that I am, can someone describe what happens at an RLET* race?
On the matter of pronunciation, I have always favoured your definition 1). However, definition 2) is appealing, particularly if the 't' is silent; except, of course, in the plural.
* The autocorrect function on my computer now converts rlet to RLET!
Oh my...it's 2020...this year has seen enough strangeness, not sure I can handle lowercase quite yet. The definitions for n / v are impressive...solid work.
(09-18-2020, 08:15 AM)Cormanus_imp Wrote: [ -> ] (09-18-2020, 02:58 AM)pdedse_imp Wrote: [ -> ] (09-18-2020, 02:03 AM)mjwasti_imp Wrote: [ -> ] (09-17-2020, 09:37 AM)Cormanus_imp Wrote: [ -> ]Gee, mjwasti, I think we might require the skills of a competent grammarian here. pdedse? Someone? Isn't RLET Racing a compound noun?
I'm struggling to think how to use RLET as an adjective except, perhaps, in a phrase—e.g. "Arnie looked very handsome in his fitting-like-an-RLET t-shirt"—but it's a bit contrived. "RLETs Racing" makes me think of RLETs' racing, which could be a fun spectacle. I'll bet the little suckers can go.
All of which is a long way of saying that, for lots of reason, the best name for EmptySea's and Inhouse Bob's CB1100 racing outfit ends up being RLET Racing.
RLET is a noun “acting as an adjective” to describe Racing and therefore should be singular. Anyway, the important thing is to have them fitted to our CBs.
We mustn't underestimate the power of language in general and that of RLETs in particular. We can't put RLETs in some grammarian box and expect them to stay contained.
IF RLET is a noun that can act as an adjective, then it can function as other parts of speech as well.
RLET (n): My right side RLET split upon install, now I need to buy two more.
RLET (adj): RLET Racing is the most pure form of racing today.
RLET (vb): Wow, you really RLETTED that mirror right on! (sarcastic in meaning, as in "what took you so long to get those mirrors on!")
RLET (adv): "How did your day go, sweetie?" --> "It went rather RLETedly, I'm afraid; I just couldn't get anything to go right"
RLET (interjection): Ahhh, RLETs!!! How many times are we gonna go through proper installation techniques?
Collins and Websters need to do some updating.
But...there is the matter of pronunciation.
Is it...
1)ÁR-LET
2)Ruh-LÉT
3) AR-EL-EE-TEE (similar to "reality")
4) ...or other?
How very true. But what a can of worms you've cracked open. Or should I say, 'That's torn the rlet'?
I have questions:
(1) For the first time, this discussion has acknowledged that RLET has transitioned from an acronym to a word—see, for example, RADAR. Does that mean we should now use the word in lower case—rlet? (See the earlier discussion about the plural of RLET.)
(2) Collins, Webster, Oxford and Macquarie will define it something like "rlet 1. (n)—the rubber artefact fitted to the end of the clutch and brake levers on motorcycles, particularly Honda motorcycles." But now you've identified the evolution of the verb, is this the correct definition: "2. (v) to struggle to fit or install a part or accessory smoothly and competently?"
(3) Your use of RLET as an adjective seems to contemplate RLET racing as a competition—the objects racing, as in motorcycle racing or Quidditch. I had always understood that Empty Sea and Inhouse Bob designed the T-shirt logo to represent RLET Racing as the Ferret's motorcycle racing company, as in Honda Racing Corporation. Hence my suggestion that it was more a compound noun than an adjective. So, if I'm wrong, as it's likely that I am, can someone describe what happens at an RLET* race?
On the matter of pronunciation, I have always favoured your definition 1). However, definition 2) is appealing, particularly if the 't' is silent; except, of course, in the plural.
* The autocorrect function on my computer now converts rlet to RLET!
I thought it was a "who can get them on the fastest?" type of thing.
(09-18-2020, 08:15 AM)Cormanus_imp Wrote: [ -> ] (09-18-2020, 02:58 AM)pdedse_imp Wrote: [ -> ] (09-18-2020, 02:03 AM)mjwasti_imp Wrote: [ -> ] (09-17-2020, 09:37 AM)Cormanus_imp Wrote: [ -> ]Gee, mjwasti, I think we might require the skills of a competent grammarian here. pdedse? Someone? Isn't RLET Racing a compound noun?
I'm struggling to think how to use RLET as an adjective except, perhaps, in a phrase—e.g. "Arnie looked very handsome in his fitting-like-an-RLET t-shirt"—but it's a bit contrived. "RLETs Racing" makes me think of RLETs' racing, which could be a fun spectacle. I'll bet the little suckers can go.
All of which is a long way of saying that, for lots of reason, the best name for EmptySea's and Inhouse Bob's CB1100 racing outfit ends up being RLET Racing.
RLET is a noun “acting as an adjective” to describe Racing and therefore should be singular. Anyway, the important thing is to have them fitted to our CBs.
We mustn't underestimate the power of language in general and that of RLETs in particular. We can't put RLETs in some grammarian box and expect them to stay contained.
IF RLET is a noun that can act as an adjective, then it can function as other parts of speech as well.
RLET (n): My right side RLET split upon install, now I need to buy two more.
RLET (adj): RLET Racing is the most pure form of racing today.
RLET (vb): Wow, you really RLETTED that mirror right on! (sarcastic in meaning, as in "what took you so long to get those mirrors on!")
RLET (adv): "How did your day go, sweetie?" --> "It went rather RLETedly, I'm afraid; I just couldn't get anything to go right"
RLET (interjection): Ahhh, RLETs!!! How many times are we gonna go through proper installation techniques?
Collins and Websters need to do some updating.
But...there is the matter of pronunciation.
Is it...
1)ÁR-LET
2)Ruh-LÉT
3) AR-EL-EE-TEE (similar to "reality")
4) ...or other?
How very true. But what a can of worms you've cracked open. Or should I say, 'That's torn the rlet'?
I have questions:
(1) For the first time, this discussion has acknowledged that RLET has transitioned from an acronym to a word—see, for example, RADAR. Does that mean we should now use the word in lower case—rlet? (See the earlier discussion about the plural of RLET.)
(2) Collins, Webster, Oxford and Macquarie will define it something like "rlet 1. (n)—the rubber artefact fitted to the end of the clutch and brake levers on motorcycles, particularly Honda motorcycles." But now you've identified the evolution of the verb, is this the correct definition: "2. (v) to struggle to fit or install a part or accessory smoothly and competently?"
(3) Your use of RLET as an adjective seems to contemplate RLET racing as a competition—the objects racing, as in motorcycle racing or Quidditch. I had always understood that Empty Sea and Inhouse Bob designed the T-shirt logo to represent RLET Racing as the Ferret's motorcycle racing company, as in Honda Racing Corporation. Hence my suggestion that it was more a compound noun than an adjective. So, if I'm wrong, as it's likely that I am, can someone describe what happens at an RLET* race?
On the matter of pronunciation, I have always favoured your definition 1). However, definition 2) is appealing, particularly if the 't' is silent; except, of course, in the plural.
* The autocorrect function on my computer now converts rlet to RLET!
2)Ruh-LÉT: So, kind of like Chevrolet? Maybe better ARE-LÉ...of course that gives a French kind of ring to it. Hmmm...
Who can get them on the fastest ... of course. Excellent. Thank you pdedse.
Nemo...no question about it..although he may be out of practice now
Looking forward to next years edition of the Macquarie.
I proudly present my Swedish addition to the global fleet of RLET equipped Hondas. Brought home by my local dealer - took ten days, not bad I think considering COVID19 - and mounted an hour ago with the help of some window cleaner and forceful trial and error (yes I had noted all suggested techniques in these 144 pages but none of them worked for me).
Note: the Monkey levers are solid and spherical, whereas the RS levers are not only chamfered underneath, but also hollowed. The RLETs don't seem to mind though, they stretch flat over the chamfer.
In the cool evening sun the bikes look so right. I can never go back now, bikes without RLETs suddenly seems unthinkable.
Nice
and now
a pair of angels get their wings
Olof, this is great, two bikes and two sets of RLETs... Did you notice any significant performance improvement??? , well if not, it will come as soon as Lord Popgun update his Ring and Cormanus acknowledges your installation
P.s. How long did it take to install them all. Don’t lie, cuz we know the reality
