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07-21-2004, 10:11 PM

maxo <maxo@NOSPAMhome.se> wrote:
>Hey, Armstrong's a great rider, but Eddie's just the coolest of all time.
>Mucho panache. I think even Lance would prostrate himself before the true
>god.

Cool guy, but the helmets he sold in the '80s were butt-ugly.

And I think the properly ethnic pronunciation would rhyme
the "er" part with "air". "Mairx" or so.

Maybe not. Never talked to him.

--Blair
"Wore that lid like twice before
I retired it..."

07-21-2004, 10:11 PM	#34 (permalink)
Blair P. Houghton Guest Posts: n/a	Re: How does one pronounce Merckx? maxo <maxo@NOSPAMhome.se> wrote: >Hey, Armstrong's a great rider, but Eddie's just the coolest of all time. >Mucho panache. I think even Lance would prostrate himself before the true >god. Cool guy, but the helmets he sold in the '80s were butt-ugly. And I think the properly ethnic pronunciation would rhyme the "er" part with "air". "Mairx" or so. Maybe not. Never talked to him. --Blair "Wore that lid like twice before I retired it..."