SKI 15 Posted July 1, 2010 Share Posted July 1, 2010 Which is it? The terms always confuse me. That's why I try to keep off them. Link to post Share on other sites
RobBright 35 Posted July 1, 2010 Share Posted July 1, 2010 Buy a dictionary. Link to post Share on other sites
SKI 15 Posted July 1, 2010 Author Share Posted July 1, 2010 I was hoping for a fun discussion. Anyway a dictionary doesn't tell me why people use different words all the time. Link to post Share on other sites
RobBright 35 Posted July 1, 2010 Share Posted July 1, 2010 Course - to me means a run. piste - is a marked area for skiing or snowboarding, hence off piste being out of the marked area. gelande - to me means the same as a piste. Link to post Share on other sites
Tubby Beaver 209 Posted July 1, 2010 Share Posted July 1, 2010 Back home I'd've said Piste, here I say gelende/gerende Link to post Share on other sites
Metabo Oyaji 71 Posted July 2, 2010 Share Posted July 2, 2010 On gelaende, or off-piste? ゲレンデ is obviously prevalent around these parts. For spelling, I assumed it was from "Gelände," but because my keyboard lacks an umlaut, I cannot write "Gelände" and just write "gelaende." Also, I, uh, have no Shift key, so cannot put a capital G at the beginning of the word... Ok, so my excuses are getting kind of thin. But hey, growing up they were just called "ski areas." I blame society. Link to post Share on other sites
Jynxx 4 Posted July 2, 2010 Share Posted July 2, 2010 M-oyaji knows how to spell umlaut. In Japan it was ゲレンデ   Do they use piste now? Link to post Share on other sites
RobBright 35 Posted July 2, 2010 Share Posted July 2, 2010 And umlaut in english means changed sound. Link to post Share on other sites
stemik 14 Posted July 2, 2010 Share Posted July 2, 2010 i think the word "trail" should be added as well. Link to post Share on other sites
SKI 15 Posted July 2, 2010 Author Share Posted July 2, 2010 Originally Posted By: Jynxx Do they use piste now? Not here, no. コース and ゲレンデ is what you see. Link to post Share on other sites
jared 0 Posted July 5, 2010 Share Posted July 5, 2010 To me piste means groomed. Off-piste just means somewhere that wasn't groomed. Course means route that has been marked on the map and may be groomed or not. Link to post Share on other sites
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