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Old 03-14-2010, 06:50 PM   #21
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I wonder why the opening sentence of the wikipedia article is this then:

A tire (or tyre in British English) is a ring-shaped covering that fits around a wheel
I wonder why the 3rd paragraph states that it is an antiquated and now incorrect spelling?
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Get me a tyre out of the boot of your lorry. And a sticking plaster while you are at it.
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Some people still use tyre HP... If you watched some british car shows you would know this... Quit arguing for the sake of arguing...
I am sure some people still use it. Colloquial writing, however, does not mean it is correct English today.
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Old 03-14-2010, 06:52 PM   #24
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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.
Well, at least he got your yre up.
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The language is called English, not Canadian. I'll go with how they spell it in England.
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Old 03-14-2010, 06:54 PM   #26
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If you look quick at wikipedia it now says
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A tire (or tyre in British English which is now considered obsolete and not to be used in general conversation or on internet message boards) is a ring-shaped covering that fits around a wheel to protect it
But it will probably change back shortly.
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Old 03-14-2010, 06:56 PM   #27
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Old 03-14-2010, 06:59 PM   #28
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I am sure some people still use it. Colloquial writing, however, does not mean it is correct English today.
Well, you should inform the newspapers, television shows and tyre companies that they are all using an incorrect word...

People use "incorrect" wording all the time, get over it.
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Old 03-14-2010, 07:00 PM   #30
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Ok wait a minute... so does any of this mean that 0.9 doesn't actually equal 1?
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Are you guys retyrded or something?
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Well, you should inform the newspapers, television shows and tyre companies that they are all using an incorrect word...

People use "incorrect" wording all the time, get over it.
Why? I don't care how they spell it. I only brought it up because Anthony Soprano and some other posters did first.

It's in it's own thread now, so what's your problem with it, bud? People post all kinds of threads; get over it.
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Are you guys retyrded or something?

I get RYEtarded sometimes
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Get me a tyre out of the boot of your lorry. And a sticking plaster while you are at it.
Do most lorries have boots?

I can't recall seeing any "tire" shops in my admittedly brief travels of the UK or Australia, but do recall seeing many "tyre" shops (they stick out because it looks so wrong to North American eyes).



I'm just thankful the Grammar Police haven't shown up, or someone could be going to gaol.
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Old 03-14-2010, 07:09 PM   #38
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Tyre

An ancient Phoenician city on the eastern Mediterranean Sea in present-day southern Lebanon. The capital of Phoenicia after the 11th century B.C., it was a flourishing commercial center noted for its purple dyestuffs and rich, silken clothing. Tyre was besieged and captured by Alexander the Great in 332 B.C. and was finally destroyed by Muslims in A.D. 1291.
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Old 03-14-2010, 07:10 PM   #40
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Ok wait a minute... so does any of this mean that 0.9 doesn't actually equal 1?
Oh god.. flashbacks of the .9999repeating = 1 thread.
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