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Monday 10 August 2020

Spot the Frippet: pedal.

Where's the nearest pedal to you?

On a bike?

File:Bicycle diagram-en.svg
illustration by Al2

On a car?

File:Car pedals 20180814.jpg
photo by Santeri Viinamäki

On an organ (or a harp, or a drum kit)?


photo by Saberhagen

I thought that mine, rather sadly, was on one of these:

File:Brabantia Pedal Bin Decor Bayon 1972.JPG
photo by MrMattAnderson

But I realise now it's actually on one of these:

File:Piano pedals.jpg
photo by Arjun

And  how about the pedals on a pedalo?

File:Pedalo IMG 2877.JPG
photo by Rama

Or on a pedal steel guitar?

File:Fender 1000 pedal steel.jpg
photo by Zhyla, instrument by Fender

For those in whom engineering causes less than a sense of wonder, there are these pedal pushers:

File:Pedal pushers in SoHo.jpg
photo by Beyond My Ken

So with any luck we've all got something interesting to spot.

I do my best.

Spot the Frippet: pedal. This word comes from the Latin word pēs, foot.




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