Re: [Classicrendezvous] Re: Ciocc

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From: "Takao Noda" <tanoda@d1.dion.ne.jp>
To: "Classic Bike List" <classicrendezvous@bikelist.org>
References: <20001007.081843.-191653.19.richardsachs@juno.com>
Subject: Re: [Classicrendezvous] Re: Ciocc
Date: Sat, 7 Oct 2000 22:02:10 +0900


Sorry for my incorrect information. I might have been cheated by an Italian or misunderstood his Italian, gestures and a little English.
                           Takao Noda
                  Hachioji, Tokyo, Japan


----- Original Message -----
From: "Richard M. Sachs"
To: tanoda@d1.dion.ne.jp
Cc: classicrendezvous@bikelist.org
Sent: Saturday, October 07, 2000 9:18 PM
Subject: Re: [Classicrendezvous] Re: Ciocc



> ciocc means 'poker face'.
> it was a term of endearment used
> as a nickname for young giovanni
> pelliziolli.
> the above from my fogged
> memory of framebuilder minutiae.
> e-RICHIE
> (it's cold here; arm warmers today...)
>
>
> "Takao Noda" <tanoda@d1.dion.ne.jp> writes:
> I heard the people of Bergamo( Bergamaschi) had a peculiar
> dialect , so Ciocc had the umlaut on o. Also heard it means an
> "alcoholic". Mr. Pelizzoli might posiibly be so.
>
>
> Okay, so what does the name Ciocc mean.