prendrefeu wrote:fromtrektocolnago wrote:there's always someone with a comment like that....
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The point of this thread is to hopefully counter ignorance.
What do you mean "a comment like that" ?
You already displayed ignorance by stating an American brand with an "Italian" sounding name was Jewish (still doesn't make sense, religion is not a nationality), and that Cérvelo was named to try and sound Italian (again, this does not make any sense).fromtrektocolnago wrote:In this case its an Ashkenazik sir name. no other way to say it. He thought he bought something made by Italian craftsman or purchased an Italian brand like Colnago. Perhaps I could have said brand of someone with Eastern European origin but that's way too obscure.
I guess he was confused because the name ended in a vowel.
Seriously? What are you talking about?
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SerottaSerotta was an American bicycle builder located in Saratoga Springs, New York. Named after founder Ben Serotta, the company was founded in 1972.
That brand is American. A country full of immigrants and founded by immigrants! Do you really want to claim each brand/person's name by their family heritage and not their living/current nationality?
I think your missing the joke. Of course no one is suggesting that a bike brand is actually Jewish. It is the juxtaposition of the two identities that makes the comment and indeed the incident itself absolutely hilarious. Quite obviously "Italian" is positively and romantically associated with cycling, and Jewish - well, not at all. To believe you have an Italian bike and to be told by your buddy that you have a "Jewish" bike is damn funny. Of course Serrotta is an American brand, but to have said so would not have made a very good story.