Car language : mini rant..

[Slinky]

It is not BREAKS (as in Brembo BREAKS), it is BRAKES, got that? BRAKE
It is not bumber, this is something we do not need to discuss, it is BUMPER, note the P, it is important..

Rant over..

anyone else get unnecessarily wound up by idiotic language failings?

[ATTAK Z]

orl teh thyme

[minimax]

thort
loose

[Poledriver]

Not about cars directly, but I was just about to respond to two different threads!
One person was standing in a que!
The other wanted to "que God returning to his parents house".

It's QUEUE and CUE. That isn't so difficult is it?
Learn to write the language!

Edited by Poledriver on Tuesday 2nd September 20:11

[ATTAK Z]

http://www.pistonheads.com/gassing/topic.asp?h=0&a...

[The Curn]

Your and You're.

As in

Your sad. You own sad?

You're coat. You are coat?

Drives me nuts. How stupid do you have to be to cock this up?

[ATTAK Z]

I shud of nown that were cummin

I were - you was

[singlecoil]

Came across a car with an 'egsorst' (on Ebay) I thought it was actually quite ingenious.

[Podie]

"I brought a new car" - no you didn't, you bought it...

[BlackMagic *tree]

I'd like to stay and read this but I've got to go and weld the seals on my car.

It's sills, idiots. The amount of times people on ebay say "rusty seals".

[ATTAK Z]

BlackMagic *tree said:

I'd like to stay and read this but I've got to go and weld the seals on my car.

It's sills, idiots. The amount of times people on ebay say "rusty seals".

Or is it "cills"

[Sciroccology]

[singlecoil]

I've just come across (on this very forum too) 'mark' instead of 'marque'

[Justayellowbadge]

Torques.

Makes me want to stab the speaker in the eye.

With an industrial fridge.

[Sciroccology]

Justayellowbadge said:

Torques.

Makes me want to stab the speaker in the eye.

With an industrial fridge.

Isn't that just a "humourous" Clarksonism?

[ATTAK Z]

Justayellowbadge said:

Torques.

Makes me want to stab the speaker in the eye.

With an industrial fridge.

Wait a minute - doesn't Jeremy say that?
Echo -sorry

Edited by ATTAK Z on Tuesday 2nd September 20:31

[PulsatingStar]

Maclaren gets done far too often on car forums. Also McClaren, and various other stupid ways people seem to try and write McLaren which really winds me up.

[Justayellowbadge]

My point has not been missed

[Poledriver]

And I quote:-

"Just bought some brand new tyres of Ebay"

"And I just installed a IR light"

[Podie]

PulsatingStar said:

Maclaren gets done far too often on car forums. Also McClaren, and various other stupid ways people seem to try and write McLaren which really winds me up.

.. and "Buggatti"...