England's first cycling city????

[Martin Dann]

http://www.thisisbristol.co.uk/disp...entPK=19972560&bustcache=&1203966558843#views

> Bristol could become the country's first "Cycling City" if a bid by
the council is successful. The Government-backed Cycling England agency
has launched a competition to find the country's first...


Rumours are that Bristol is bound to win because Jeremy Clarkson is
supporting this initiative.

 

[Tom Crispin]

On Mon, 25 Feb 2008 19:17:20 GMT, Martin Dann <[email protected]>
wrote:

>
>http://www.thisisbristol.co.uk/disp...entPK=19972560&bustcache=&1203966558843#views
>
> > Bristol could become the country's first "Cycling City" if a bid by
>the council is successful. The Government-backed Cycling England agency
>has launched a competition to find the country's first...
>
>
>Rumours are that Bristol is bound to win because Jeremy Clarkson is
>supporting this initiative.

Here's some more information on the project:
http://www.cyclingengland.co.uk/demotowns.php

 

[wafflycat]

"Martin Dann" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
>
> http://www.thisisbristol.co.uk/disp...entPK=19972560&bustcache=&1203966558843#views
>
> > Bristol could become the country's first "Cycling City" if a bid by
> the council is successful. The Government-backed Cycling England agency
> has launched a competition to find the country's first...
>
>
> Rumours are that Bristol is bound to win because Jeremy Clarkson is
> supporting this initiative.

But not if Bristol plod have anything to do with it?

As per another thread...

http://bristol.indymedia.org:80/article/687881

 

[Paul Boyd]

On 25/02/2008 19:17, Martin Dann said,

> > Bristol could become the country's first "Cycling City" if a bid by
> the council is successful. The Government-backed Cycling England agency
> has launched a competition to find the country's first...

They must be absolutely out of their tiny minds if they think Bristol
can ever become a cycle-friendly city.

--
Paul Boyd
http://www.paul-boyd.co.uk/

 

[Tom Anderson]

On Mon, 25 Feb 2008, Paul Boyd wrote:

> On 25/02/2008 19:17, Martin Dann said,
>
>> Bristol could become the country's first "Cycling City" if a bid by the
>> council is successful. The Government-backed Cycling England agency has
>> launched a competition to find the country's first...
>
> They must be absolutely out of their tiny minds if they think Bristol
> can ever become a cycle-friendly city.

I have a friend who works in transport planning in Bristol. I shall make
enquiries [1].

tom

[1] Or is that inquiries? Bugger, i've got to stop using that word.

--
The most successful people are those who are good at plan B. --
James Yorke

 

[Paul Boyd]

Tom Anderson said the following on 25/02/2008 22:44:
> transport planning in Bristol.

No there's an oxymoron.

--
Paul Boyd
http://www.paul-boyd.co.uk/

 

[budstaff]

"Martin Dann" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
>
> http://www.thisisbristol.co.uk/disp...entPK=19972560&bustcache=&1203966558843#views
>
> > Bristol could become the country's first "Cycling City" if a bid by
> the council is successful. The Government-backed Cycling England agency
> has launched a competition to find the country's first...
>
>
> Rumours are that Bristol is bound to win because Jeremy Clarkson is
> supporting this initiative.

Are they hoping to be a cycling city before or after they bugger up the
Bristol/Bath route?

 

[Ekul Namsob]

Tom Anderson <[email protected]> wrote:

> On Mon, 25 Feb 2008, Paul Boyd wrote:

> > They must be absolutely out of their tiny minds if they think Bristol
> > can ever become a cycle-friendly city.
>
> I have a friend who works in transport planning in Bristol. I shall make
> enquiries [1].
>
> tom
>
> [1] Or is that inquiries? Bugger, i've got to stop using that word.

"I shall ask."

I've never been able to work that one out either.

Cheers,
Luke


--
Red Rose Ramblings, the diary of an Essex boy in
exile in Lancashire <http://www.shrimper.org.uk>

 

[Tom Crispin]

On Tue, 26 Feb 2008 18:15:20 GMT,
[email protected] (Ekul Namsob) wrote:

>Tom Anderson <[email protected]> wrote:
>
>> On Mon, 25 Feb 2008, Paul Boyd wrote:
>
>> > They must be absolutely out of their tiny minds if they think Bristol
>> > can ever become a cycle-friendly city.
>>
>> I have a friend who works in transport planning in Bristol. I shall make
>> enquiries [1].
>>
>> tom
>>
>> [1] Or is that inquiries? Bugger, i've got to stop using that word.
>
>"I shall ask."
>
>I've never been able to work that one out either.

In English an inquiry is a formal investigation, e.g. the police are
holding an inquiry into the impartiality of their inquiry.

An enquiry is less formal questioning, e.g. we ought to make an
enquiry about giving impartial evidence at the police inquiry.

In Americanish the use is different.

 

[Tom Anderson]

On Tue, 26 Feb 2008, Tom Crispin wrote:

> On Tue, 26 Feb 2008 18:15:20 GMT,
> [email protected] (Ekul Namsob) wrote:
>
>> Tom Anderson <[email protected]> wrote:
>>
>>> On Mon, 25 Feb 2008, Paul Boyd wrote:
>>
>>>> They must be absolutely out of their tiny minds if they think Bristol
>>>> can ever become a cycle-friendly city.
>>>
>>> I have a friend who works in transport planning in Bristol. I shall make
>>> enquiries [1].
>>>
>>> [1] Or is that inquiries? Bugger, i've got to stop using that word.
>>
>> "I shall ask."
>>
>> I've never been able to work that one out either.
>
> In English an inquiry is a formal investigation, e.g. the police are
> holding an inquiry into the impartiality of their inquiry.
>
> An enquiry is less formal questioning, e.g. we ought to make an
> enquiry about giving impartial evidence at the police inquiry.

According to the OED, they're interchangeable - it has one entry for both.
However, i think you're right - a distinction has emerged in which the
former is a legal process and the latter is a question. This distinction
seems to have emerged ex nihilo; this will be an interesting case for
future lexicographers!

Surprisingly, there's nothing on it in top language blog Language Log,
which is usually good for this sort of thing.

> In Americanish the use is different.

Yes.

tom

--
Eight-bit is forever

 

[Tom Anderson]

On Tue, 26 Feb 2008, budstaff wrote:

> "Martin Dann" <[email protected]> wrote in message
> news:[email protected]...
>
>> http://www.thisisbristol.co.uk/disp...entPK=19972560&bustcache=&1203966558843#views
>>
>>> Bristol could become the country's first "Cycling City" if a bid by
>>> the council is successful. The Government-backed Cycling England
>>> agency has launched a competition to find the country's first...
>>
>> Rumours are that Bristol is bound to win because Jeremy Clarkson is
>> supporting this initiative.
>
> Are they hoping to be a cycling city before or after they bugger up the
> Bristol/Bath route?

Simultaneously, of course: that way, people will have somewhere to ride
when they can no longer leave.

tom

--
Eight-bit is forever