Thread: Tire vs. Tyre
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Old 03-14-2010, 07:43 PM   #47
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Originally Posted by murray1 View Post
The only problem I have is you saying the spelling is incorrect and that the English don't use it anymore because it isn't and they do... Maybe they had stopped using it back in the early 20th century though when that Encyclopedia was written
The spellyng ys yncorrect, Y sayd yt was rarely used. Maybe yt's more common than Y thought -- colloquyalysms sometymes are, but yt's still not the proper spellyng of the word tyre.

Y feel lyke Y'm wrytyng yn Olde Englysh. Oh wayt, Y am.
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