Talk:Café racer

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Hi,

I'd like to be pedantic here.

A Cafe Racer is a Cafe Racer.

Not a Café Racer.

Indeed, they were originally spoken " Caff Racers " as they were used to race from Caff [ pronounced Kaff ] to Caff.

Again, this is a British thing. Not a french thing. If you want to be accurate, Wiki to be accuate, do not apply " dictionary rules " unless you actually know - or were involved - with the actual history of these things and know that you are right. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Mitsu (talk • contribs) at 19:33, September 21, 2005

Actually, you don't need to be a part of the history to discuss something. There is no word in the world that is spelt "cafe" - it is always "café". Some people pronounce "café" as "kaff", but it is still SPELT "café". Some people pronounce "bath" as "barth", but it doesn't mean it's ever spelt that way - some people PRONOUNCE "café" as "caff" or "kaff", but it doesn't mean it's ever SPELT that way. The title should stay. --Andyroo316 04:55, 24 November 2006 (UTC)

Well actually... if you read carefully what the originally editor wrote, you can see that they are making the point the history does matter a lot. Because apparently according to them the reason for it is because they raced from Caff to Caff, not because of anything originally doing with "café". Mathmo ^Talk 05:04, 26 April 2007 (UTC)