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?
Posted by DaddySS (Member # 848) on :
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! Posted by Camaro_Woody (Member # 1619) on :
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.
Posted by SunsetHawkSelena (Member # 2197) on :
hee hee yeah most people can't spell. that's why i wonder if GM ever caught it.
Posted by WayneSS01 (Member # 734) on :
dictionary.com lists both spellings. Think of the savings passed on to us by omitting the one letter. Posted by SunsetHawkSelena (Member # 2197) on :
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
Posted by WayneSS01 (Member # 734) on :
Sorry dictionary.com sucks for you. Seems I saw similar definitions posted there the last time I looked. It could have changed tho. Posted by el ess1 (Member # 1544) on :
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.
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Seems I saw similar definitions posted there the last time I looked. It could have changed tho. ![[Wink]](wink.gif)
) illuminate behind those words, regardless of how it's spelled.