Why is the Segway called a segway?

Question

You know those bike type things that people ride sometimes.

heres a picture: http://www.uncrate.com/men/images/2006/08/segway-x2.jpg

Answer 1

The name "Segway" is a homophone in American English of "segue" (a smooth transition)

Answer 2

Dear,

"The term "Segway" is a play on the word "segue," which denotes a smooth transition (literally Italian for "follows")."

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Segway

I hope this helps.

Answer 3

It comes from the word segue (pronounced seg-way)

Verb

Infinitive
to segue

to segue (third-person singular simple present seugues, present participle segueing, simple past segued, past participle segued)

1. To move smoothly from one state or subject to another.

She segued from our conversation about school to the topic of marriage.

2. (music) To make a smooth transition from one theme to another.

Beethoven's symphonies effortlessly segue from one theme to the next.

3. (of a disk jockey) To play a sequence of records with no talk between them.

I assume the name of the personal transporter is meant to resemble the first entry 1. To move smoothly from one state or subject to another.

Answer 4

To move smoothly and unhesitatingly from one state, condition, situation, or element to another: "Daylight segued into dusk" (Susan Dworski).
NOUN:

Segue:

Answer 5

That is what he named it because it is a transition from total man power to a combination of electric power and human balance.

Answer 6

Hmmm....at the begining of time why did Adam name a cow a cow? Or who is buried in Grant's tomb...no one. It isn't suppose to make sense why things are called what they are they just are.

Answer 7

I've never heard anyone pronounce it 'sedgway', but I laughed my butt off when I heard Bush say 'nucular'.

Answer 8

Seg is short for Segment.

Answer 9

Why not? Why is Toyota called that?

http://www.segwaychat.com/sc/index.php and you can ask them.