Twitch.

News is breaking on the new Brutale. 1090cc, 170hp & TSS (the variable
length intake system used on the mega expensive MV specials). All in a
tiny naked bike. Mental.

 

Posh Buell, innit?

 

BRD?

 

Not quite, you won't need to tow a trailer to collect all the bits that
fall off.

 

I figured he meant Germany, but BRD's a new one on me.

 

When did it call itself FDR?

 

When it was president of the united states, 1933-45.

 

It was the FirD Reich between 1933 and 1945.

 

Ok I've googled now, & according to wiki that's a little used
unofficial abbreviation. If that's true, it's hardly the same as us
using UK, & not surprising that neither Champ nor I had heard of it.

 

FederalRepublicofGermany and GermanDemocraticRepublic are the direct english
translations for BundesRepublicDeutschland and DeutscheDemokratischeRepublik
respectively. *G*ermany instead of *D*eutschl... you get the idea.

After unification the area of the former GDR/DDR became "the new federal
states" (as it was pretty much annexed by FRG/BRD), so the name for unified
Germany remains FRG/BRD.


Geo

 

As a rule of thumb, if a country has the word Democratic in its name, it
probably isn't very. cf. North Korea.

 

German Wiki says it's an unofficial abbreviation too, so in the absence
of any reference to the contrary, I'll go with that. The official
abbreviation appears to be Deutschland.

 

Using the patented Mavis Beacon "Hunt&Peck" Technique, ogden

Also cf. DRC.

--
Wicked Uncle Nigel - "He's hopeless, but he's honest"

I have already made the greatest contribution to the fight against climate
change that I can make: I have decided not to breed. Now quit bugging me and
go and talk to the Catholics.

 

until the roadblock appears...

 

Using the patented Mavis Beacon "Hunt&Peck" Technique, wessie

"Ausweis bitte!"

--
Wicked Uncle Nigel - "He's hopeless, but he's honest"

I have already made the greatest contribution to the fight against climate
change that I can make: I have decided not to breed. Now quit bugging me and
go and talk to the Catholics.