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Hey, that's the common lexicon in India:- Bike -> Motorbike Cycle -> Bicycle Edit: Also scooters are super rare these days. Motorbikes provide more mileage
by justforfunhere 8y ago
Hey, that's the common lexicon in India:-
Bike -> Motorbike
Cycle -> Bicycle
Edit:
Also scooters are super rare these days. Motorbikes provide more mileage and are easier to maintain and have longer life. The number of scooters on Indian roads declined starting around 12-15 years ago I recall.
- ascar 8y agoIt's confusing for me, because bike is used for both depending on context. But when you are talking about cycling, most people (outside of India) would interpret bike as bicycle. If bike is used without much context, I would also assume you mean bicycle, unless I know you own a motorbike.
- ido 8y agoAs someone who spent a couple of months in India (a long time ago) I sympathise with your confusion. But what can we do, Indians say it one way and Americans the other (I have a lot of friends from the UK and they tend to have their own terms for transportation-purposes as well, like Lorrie and Motorway - not to mention more exotic slang like "leccy" for electric vehicles). After you accept the OP is using Indian English it's not that hard to understand what they mean & I don't think we have to enforce everyone using American dialects on HN for these relatively minor inconveniences.
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