Re: [CR]pista + Trade wanted

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From: "Roy H. Drinkwater" <roydrink@ptd.net>
Subject: Re: [CR]pista + Trade wanted
Date: Mon, 28 Oct 2002 08:43:47 -0500

Steve Neago wrote:
>I also search ebay regularly for the keywords (track,pista,piste)
>
>What does "piste" mean and how does it differ from "pista"

Where I wrote:
>> The only Italian I know I learned from bicycle parts:
>>
>> pista means track
>> strada means road
>> corsa means race
>> tipo means type
>> nuovo means new

Ah, that's where "Bablefish" http://babel.altavista.com/ comes in... it's French! Here's what comes up using the same words:

track = piste road = route race = course type = type new = nouveau

Other languages include Chinese, German, Japanese, Korean, Portuguese, Spanish (from & to English) and Russian to English, plus a few other combinations.

Roy "Getränkwasser" Drinkwater Lititz, "l'eau de boissons " PA

p.s. still looking for that hub...