Why are we pretending to be French?

[Oldfentiger]

There may be a good reason, and if there is I’m ready to be educated.

Why Tour de Yorkshire and not Tour of Yorkshire?
Why Tete de la course and not Front of the race?
Cote de Lofthouse sounds ridiculous to me.
Etc. Etc.

The Spanish retain their own language, as do the Dutch for example.

The race is in England FFS!!!!

 

[cisamcgu]

I agree about Tour de Yorkshire, but "Tete de la course" is by far the best phrase, along with "General Classymont", that your hear on Eurosport - I never want them to change

 

[Sharky]

Le Jog

 

[I like Skol]

Because 'Some lads ridin't'bikes around't'hills reet fast' doesn't quite sound the same.....

 

[Oldfentiger]

So what, get over it.

It won’t spoil my life, so don’t worry about me

 

[ColinJ]

Why Tour de Yorkshire and not Tour of Yorkshire?

Pourquoi pas?

 

[Tin Pot]

The sport of road cycling has huge French history around the Tour de France, using French both keeps in keeping with the norms of the sport and leveraged the TdF popularity to promote the sport in Britain.

Nothing wrong with it at all.

 

[DCLane]

The Tour de Yorkshire is organised by the same people as the Tour de France. Who are French.

Oh, and it makes our local destinations seem more attractive in doing so.

 

[I like Skol]

Oh, and it makes our local destinations seem more attractive in doing so.

Ay, Le Upperthong! I was going to google some images so people could see what it was like, but thought better of it!

 

[alicat]

^^^ wot @DCLane said. And it makes the race seem more exotic. As a Yorkshirewoman I am allowed to say that.

 

[Nigel-YZ1]

It's just a word play on the name.

My commute takes me through Hood Green, where I'm glad to say the fastest set of road works in history have been completed. Dug the road up and had it finished within two days where it usually takes 3 weeks.
It's also good that a really shitty set of roads have had their potholes filled.

The police rehearsed the road closures yesterday leaving several Facepalm users foaming at the mouth at the 2 minute delays - Demands for more criminal catching and being late for somesuch woes abounded. Just wish I had the day off to see it again.

 

[ColinJ]

Ay, Le Upperthong! I was going to google some images so people could see what it was like, but thought better of it!

In my case these days, more likely to be Netherthong!

 

[Shut Up Legs]

In my case these days, more likely to be Netherthong!

There's something fundamentally wrong with that name...

 

[ColinJ]

There's something fundamentally wrong with that name...

I thought that the first time I cycled through nearby Upperthong!

Friend: What have you done today?

ColinJ: I went t' Upperthong.

It just sounds so, er ... rude!

 

[Nigel-YZ1]

I thought that the first time I cycled through nearby Upperthong!

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Friend: What have you done today?

ColinJ: I went t' Upperthong.

It just sounds so, er ... rude!

The turn at the base of Thurgoland Bank is called Cheese Bottom.

BTW some great art has been painted on the field beside the hill again.