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help - Anonymous - 19-12-2003
what does TT stand for??
Re: help - Anonymous - 19-12-2003
It stands for Tourist Trophy. Not Time Trial, Tyre Test or other versions I have heard over the years.... Anybody got any other stupid versions?
Re: help - Anonymous - 19-12-2003
How about TRIALS AND TRIBULATIONS,
TOTTY AND T*T-HEADS
Re: help - Anonymous - 19-12-2003
Tommy Tucker
Re: help - Anonymous - 19-12-2003
It was originally TIT (Tourist International Trophy) but the medial "I" was removed
by the beastophobes in the ACU in 1911 when the Mountain Course was first used.
The analogy between the name of the event and the shape of the mountain was
just too much for the sensibilities of these early 20-century gentlemen.