[etni] [FWD: RE: Re,RE,RE YOUR BEAT: Example Please!]]
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- Date: Mon, 16 Aug 2004 20:49:51 -0700
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Subject: RE: [etni] [FWD: Re,RE,RE YOUR BEAT: Example Please!]
From: "Shapiro" <shapiros@xxxxxxxxx>
Hi Barry- pedal pushers are cropped, tight pants which girls wore to
ride bikes in the 50's because their big poodle skirts weren't
practical. All the best, Miriam Shapiro
Barry wrote:
>> AS A NATIVE SPEAKER, SO NATIVE THAT BACK IN WINNIPEG I HAD MY OWN
> RESERVATION, I MUST ADMIT THAT I NEVER HEARD THE EXPRESSION 'PUT YOUR
> PEDAL TO THE METAL'
> IF A PUPIL WROTE ABOUT SOMEONE PEDALLING TO THE MEDAL, I ASSUMED HE
> MEANT LANCE ARMSTRONG.
> HOWEVER, READING A BOOK BY GARRISON KEILOR THE OTHER DAY, I WAS THRILLED
> TO COME ACROSS THE TERM
> 'PEDAL PUSHERS'
> WHICH I HAD NOT HEARD SINCE WINNIPEG CHILDHOOD.
> DO ANY OF YOU KNOW WHAT PEDAL PUSHERS ARE (OR WERE)?.
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