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Author Topic: check gages??? SunsetHawkSelena 1st Gear Member # 2197 posted                       ok so maybe it's the english major in me, but has anyone else noticed that on all f-bodies they spell gauges wrong? i first noticed the "check gages" light in my 98 camaro... and the same misspelling has carried thru to my 2002. so what gives? you think GM just never noticed? or they noticed but didn't want to spend the money to fix it? either way it bugs me to no end to see gauges spelled wrong. am i the only one? -------------------- your Firehawk sis, Selena Muhoberac 2002 SOM Formula Firehawk #180 2002 Silver Formula (daily driver) 2000 Silver Camaro SS (husband's car) Posts: 39 | From: New Orleans, LA | Registered: Dec 2003  |  IP: Logged DaddySS Old Coot.....50 going on 20 Member # 848 posted                    So here's my theory..(Canadian spelling not withstanding)...most people are such bad spellers they figured their help line would light up with questions about "gawgs" and where to locate them! Posts: 3403 | From: Woodcliff Lake, NJ, USA | Registered: Dec 2000  |  IP: Logged Camaro_Woody 1st Gear Member # 1619 posted                    I cant spell that well, so it does not matter to me too much. Then again, I never have had my check gages light come on. I will now be wondering until I drive to work later today. -------------------- 2002, Navy blue, T-top, T56, Black interior, K&N air filter, CAGS, SLP lid, SLP Mass airflow, new SLP smooth billows, Borla exhaust, SLP strut brace, Panhard bar, SLP FAI, Power antenna, LE1 upgrade, SLP subframe connectors, 4.10s, Baer rotors, SLP Torque arm, Kooks Headers, and lots of Zaino. Posts: 237 | From: Yorba Linda California | Registered: Aug 2002  |  IP: Logged SunsetHawkSelena 1st Gear Member # 2197 posted                       hee hee yeah most people can't spell. that's why i wonder if GM ever caught it. Posts: 39 | From: New Orleans, LA | Registered: Dec 2003  |  IP: Logged WayneSS01 2nd Gear Member # 734 posted                       dictionary.com lists both spellings. Think of the savings passed on to us by omitting the one letter. Posts: 465 | From: B'ham, AL | Registered: Sep 2000  |  IP: Logged SunsetHawkSelena 1st Gear Member # 2197 posted                       actually dictionary.com sucks. sorry, but according to mirriam webster dictionary "gage" is a word, but means something completely different than gauge... Main Entry: gage Pronunciation: 'gAj Function: noun Etymology: Middle English, from Middle French, of Germanic origin; akin to Old High German wetti pledge -- more at WED 1 : a token of defiance; specifically : a glove or cap cast on the ground to be taken up by an opponent as a pledge of combat 2 : something deposited as a pledge of performance Main Entry: gauge Pronunciation: 'gAj Function: noun Etymology: Middle English gauge, from Old North French 1 : an instrument for or a means of measuring or testing: as a : an instrument for measuring a dimension or for testing mechanical accuracy 2 : an instrument with a graduated scale or dial for measuring or indicating quantity -------------------- your Firehawk sis, Selena Muhoberac 2002 SOM Formula Firehawk #180 2002 Silver Formula (daily driver) 2000 Silver Camaro SS (husband's car) Posts: 39 | From: New Orleans, LA | Registered: Dec 2003  |  IP: Logged WayneSS01 2nd Gear Member # 734 posted                       Sorry dictionary.com sucks for you. Seems I saw similar definitions posted there the last time I looked. It could have changed tho. -------------------- '01 SS #1618 Pewter Vert M6 My Conveyance BFBA Posts: 465 | From: B'ham, AL | Registered: Sep 2000  |  IP: Logged el ess1 2nd Gear Member # 1544 posted                    This is too funny. Looking it up in the old dictionary laying around here, Webster's New World dictionary, Second College Ed., C.1984, has the following: gage- noun, variant, same as GUAGE (esp. in technical usage) So it CAN be used in either situation. So it doesn't matter which .com sucks, the fact is that "gage" and "guage" can be used interchangably. Probably most important is not to let that lightbulb (or was it light bulb ) illuminate behind those words, regardless of how it's spelled. [ 12. June 2004, 03:24 PM: Message edited by: el ess1 ] Posts: 577 | From: Aiken, SC | Registered: May 2002  |  IP: Logged

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