General News Thread

[TourOfSardinia]

Why would I think of the Dutch word?
And even in the context of the sentence... I still have food on my mind.

Every time I see this symbol ≡ and then access the Menu
my appetite returns.

 

[awavey]

Cause they are similar. burger(dutch), borger(danish), burgher(english). add in the context of the sentence.

ere burgher isnt English, its a Dutch word in origin, we no doubt started to adopt it by trading withthe Hanseatic league.

but it became burgess, or borough, and neither of them remotely sound like burgers in English...mmm burgers

 

[KoopaCycling]

It's all part of the germanic family language group.
English and Dutch have many similar words. English probably use the word citizen more cause they were conquered by the french at 1 point.

 

[Rob5091]

Budget cap idea by the UCI a non-starter....

https://www.cyclingweekly.com/racin...ap-says-uci-president-i-think-they-were-wrong

(original article in French) https://www.ouest-france.fr/sport/c...as-rendu-858d9ce4-bec4-11f0-a083-858f2b6e92c2

Professional cycling teams refused to sign up to a budget cap, the UCI's president has revealed, adding that he feels they were "wrong" to do so.

In an interview with French newspaper Ouest-France, published on Wednesday, David Lappartient said he "remained convinced" that a financial restriction would help the sport. .... "The big teams have very large budgets, and as a result, where before a relatively small sum could be enough to achieve a decent result, today you're just a bystander," Lappartient told Ouest-France. "We considered implementing a 'budget cap' for all the teams, and paradoxically, the teams didn't accept it. I was surprised that it was mostly the smaller teams that refused. I think they were wrong because it seems necessary to level the playing field."