"Sheldon Brown" <captbike@sheldonbrown.com> wrote in message 
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Tom Ace wrote:

>> Was the name "Allvit" (a Huret derailleur) supposed to
>> mean that it would get you there with all speed?

> I have always supposed that it was because indeed meant "all speed" 
> (horrible franglais, using English "all" with French "vitesse.")

Interesting thought