English4everyone
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:up: 'riding pillion' is an interesting expression - I think it seems to apply only to motorcycles. When someone rides behind someone on a horse, 'riding pillion' would sound strange to me. And those kiddy-carrier seats that can be mounted behind a pedal cyclist surely arren't pillion seats :-?
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How do you talk about this picture?
Do you say "the man in blue is sitting in the back of the man in white on a motorcycle"? Or do you say it another way?
Thanks.
The man in blue is sitting behind the man in white.
The man in blue is sitting in back of the man in white
But not: In the back of, at least not in my dialect.
I'd never head the "pillion" phrase before to describe riding on a motorcycle.
This derivation for 'pillion' shows how near the mark charliedeut was!... The word is derived from the Gaelic for "little rug," pillean, which is itself from the Latin pellis for "animal skin." One or more pelts would often have been used as a secondary seat on horseback; the usage has carried over to motorcycles.[/B][/FONT]