Ian H
Ancient randonneur
They can be ridden solo.
I can only imagine why this never caught on!
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They can be ridden solo.
Dogtrousers
Kilometre nibbler
That's the joy of language. New meanings pop up and definitions change. Some people are more accepting than others.
There used to be a computer manufacturer called Tandem who made fault-tolerant computers. It was so called because most components were in pairs so there was a redundant backup. Now these components weren't strictly one in front of the other. I expect a few people were keen to point out that because of this "Tandem" was a misnomer.
Incidentally Tandem computers had a banking system called "Internet". For a while the Tandem nerds tried to cling on to the fact that this was the proper Internet. It was a losing battle and the system was renamed in the 90s.
Not in my version of English - are you thinking of 'in conjunction with'? And the phrase has nothing to do with how one or more bicycles harnessed to and behind other bicycles got their name.
matticus
Guru
I approve of simply not accepting English phrases as you see fit. I personally wouldn't choose that one, but I'm with you in principle!
lazybloke
Priest of the cult of Chris Rea
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I might use "in conjuction with" to describe disimilar things in proximity, and "in tandem with" to describe identical/similar things in proximity.
But I'd be quite flexible about my definitions.
slow horse
Well-Known Member
"What is that?"
"It's a tandem, Jim, but not as we know it."
"It's a tandem, Jim, but not as we know it."
