Thread: Tire vs. Tyre
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Old 03-14-2010, 06:23 PM   #16
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Originally Posted by Anthony Soprano View Post
Can you not read?

A tire (or tyre in British English) is a ring-shaped covering that fits around a wheel
Tyre is antiquated and not accepted as the modern, correct spelling. You can copy and paste unreferenced material all you want.

HERE is the accurate information, in that exact same article, that you, accusing others of an inability to read, are failing to read. Quite ironic.

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Originally Posted by Encyclopaedia Britannica, page 1007
t]he spelling 'tyre' is not now accepted by the best English authorities, and is unrecognized in America"
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Originally Posted by Fowler's Modern English Usage
"there is nothing to be said for 'tyre', which is etymologically wrong, as well as needlessly divergent from our own [sc. British] older & the present American usage"
You are wrong, incorrect, ignorant, etc., etc. I should know better than to argue with a troll on the internet, especially one that can't spell.
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