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[He left Etherled the Unsteady padlocked to the station railings.]
question: What is the 'Etherled the Unsteady'?
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Ethelred the Unready was a very early King of the English. The writer has given this nickname to his bike, probably because he is unsteady on his bike, ie not a good bike rider. The words unready and unsteady rhyme a bit, so that's funny.
- Ethelred the Unready was a very early King of the English.
- The writer has given this nickname to his bike, probably because he is unsteady on his bike, ie not a good bike rider.
- The words unready and unsteady rhyme a bit, so that's funny.
- It also tells us the speaker is fairly well educated.
- We know it's a bike, because that is usually what one chains to railings.
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Ethelred the Unready was a very early King of the English.
The writer has given this nickname to his bike, probably because he is unsteady on his bike, ie not a good bike rider. The words unready and unsteady rhyme a bit, so that's funny. It also tells us the speaker is fairly well educated.
We know it's a bike, because that is usually what one chains to
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