Re: coopay
Posted: Wed Feb 09, 2005 2:29 pm
Hey David (XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX) Lodge:
RE:
And while we're all busy bashing each other, could you good people on this side of the pond please say coup (that's coop-ay NOT coop!) When you realise that the first pronunciation means cut, as in chopped, and the second means cup........... need I say more? I mean, whoever heard of a car resembling a cup? Regards to all, David (who-has-been-known-to-cheer- out-loud-when-Christiane-Annanpour-takes-that-young- lady-to-task-on-CNN-for-the-way-she-pronounces-Iraq- and-Iran) Lodgegreen47tc@yahoo.com> To: mg-tabc@yahoogroups.com Subject: [mg-tabc] tyres tire Date: 8.2.2005 - 20:23:14>Hello,
-- Akcni unorova nabidka "3 za cenu 1"! Ziskejte VOLNY ADSL 512/128 3GB za cenu 1GB! http://adsl.volny.cz Yahoo! Groups Links To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/mg-tabc/ To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: mg-tabc-unsubscribe@yahoogroups.com Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/> > > I did not mean to upset anyone by using "tire". I > aggree that as a > group we spend a lot of time trying to get the details > correct > (although I must confess there is an occaisional week > when I do not > polish the headlight reflectors}. It is true that > Americans have > borrowed many words from our brothers over the water, > such as > chauffer, chassis, coupe, cab(from cabriolet), etc; but > we should > try to get it right. According to the Oxford English > Dictionary > "TYRE- A variant spelling of TIRE, both being used > indifferently in > the 15th and 16th C. In the 17th C TIRE became the > setteled > spelling, and has so continued in the US; in Gt Britain > TYRE has > been revived for the pneumatic tires of bicycles, > carriages, and > motorcars." > Since Tyre was most associated with originality I agree > we should > use this form. My apologies to all. > I sure hope we we never discuss the > carburateur/carurettor/carburetor > gene olson > driving on the wrong side of the road > > > > > > > Yahoo! Groups Links > > > > > > > >