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It's a vague term. This is technical: 
And this: 
This is a curvy twisty road 
Here's a famous curvy twisty road: Rest and Be Thankful, Scotland. The first ever "Special Stage" in the RAC Rally , what became WRC GB 
Won incidentally by Erik Carlsson in a Saab 96....1960... And it was they only SS that year just a few miles long.. 1961 had like 360 miles of SS in a 2000 mile route.. Most people like using "jargon" terms.. They become what are called "social markers" But they rarely convey clear precise information like technical things do.. Here: 
http://eng.kaps-transmissions.com/products-ml-evo-vi-ix.html It has detailed information: 
Information that you don't have to be "in the in crowd" to understand... because since we were maybe 3 or 5 or 6 we knew the words "curvy" and "Twisty"...and they go directly into the brain without any doubts.. That is the same reason smarter people use descriptive terms in the calling out stage or pace notes. "SWEEP Right" you know what it is, same as "90 right", or "FLAT (as in FLAT OUT or "FOOT FLAT TO THE FLOOR" right and the even faster "ABSOLUTE right----absolutely flat out) But most people having come into the sport after the fad of hiring young boys began don't know the numbers system was devised to have something to tell these guys who really lacked the years of leaning to read roads or even look at them much..so the see co-drivers blabbering 4 Right 400, and figure they better do that too so they'll be as cool as the guys they saw on TV. Same reason I would use the word knixiga for twisty or snitsiga or "slick" only about 10,000,000 people in the world would understand that.. In any case look at the root word: techno- Look up techno- at Dictionary.com word-forming element, from Greek tekhno-, combining form of tekhne "art, skill, craft, method, system," probably from PIE root *tek- "shape, make" (cf. Sanskrit taksan "carpenter," Latin texere "to weave;" see texture). Doesn't even hint of the lay of a road.... FOUR right! still must be processed by the brain---never a good idea with a driver---and related to a vague idea.... John Vanlandingham Sleezattle, WA, USA Vive le Prole-le-ralliat www.rallyrace.net/jvab CALL +1 206 431-9696 Remember! Pacific Standard Time is 3 hours behind Eastern Standard Time. |
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