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#26 MRLXSS

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Posted 02 February 2010 - 02:09 PM

Capree?

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Posted 02 February 2010 - 02:22 PM

If you're going to start a thread about spelling then you really should get your own spelling correct :

NOMENCLATURE


I thought you must of (LOL) meant it too..... it was the first thing I noticed about the thread.

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Posted 02 February 2010 - 02:22 PM

Coupe or Coup� (I say coupe, cos Coup� sounds gay!)


Hi all

Speaking of which; why do people insist on calling 2 door LC and LJs "coupes"?

Cheers

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Posted 02 February 2010 - 02:28 PM


Coupe or Coup� (I say coupe, cos Coup� sounds gay!)


Hi all

Speaking of which; why do people insist on calling 2 door LC and LJs "coupes"?

Cheers

Bazza



Because one definition of Coupe is : closed 2 door car.

Although Coupe itself is derived from a french word meaning shortened. Therefore to be a coupe the car must be a shorter 2 door version of a 4 door.
So you are correct - the LC/LJ 2 door is not technically a coupe.

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Posted 02 February 2010 - 02:29 PM


and yes i know i am deslexic


Are you a paid up member of the DNA ??


and y would i want to pay for my dna
the cops have that onfile already?

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Posted 02 February 2010 - 02:33 PM

My absolute biggest pet hate of misspelt or mis-pronounced automotive words has to be DAMPING.

How many people say/write DAMPENING - I have even seen it in adverts for suspensions and magazine articles !!!

For those of you who don't know what I'm talking about :

DAMPENING means making wet

DAMPING means reducing oscillation.



and yes i know i am deslexic


Are you a paid up member of the DNA ??


and y would i want to pay for my dna
the cops have that onfile already?



DNA - National Dyslexic Association

Edited by niterida, 02 February 2010 - 02:32 PM.

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Posted 02 February 2010 - 02:37 PM


If you're going to start a thread about spelling then you really should get your own spelling correct :

NOMENCLATURE


I thought you must of (LOL) meant it too..... it was the first thing I noticed about the thread.



err...yeah...thats it..I meant it..really I did!

No...I typed it into google to check the spelling...and the first hit was someone with the same spelling as mine...research error.

Wiki says "The Society of Automotive Engineers (SAE) distinguishes a coup� from a sedan (saloon) primarily by interior volume; SAE standard J1100 defines a coup� as a fixed-roof automobile with less than 33 cubic feet (0.93 cubic meters) of rear interior volume. A car with a greater interior volume is technically a two-door sedan, not a coup�, even if it has only two doors."

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Posted 02 February 2010 - 02:43 PM

Capree?

Are you sure that's correct? Sounds like you're talking about a pommy Ford to me. If I don't know how something is pronounced, I just look it up on dictionary.com and click on the little speaker icon. It doesn't have an entry for a word pronounced like that.

Speaking of which; why do people insist on calling 2 door LC and LJs "coupes"?

lol do you actually call LC/LJ 2-doors "two door sedans"?

"Hatch" and "Coupe" are convenient words, I'm not going to call an LX Hatch a coupe because it's a hatchback not a 2-door sedan. And I'm not gonna pronounce "coupe" with an "aye" on the end because I'm not a faggot. So LC/LJ 2-door => 'Coupe' and LX-UC 2-door => 'Hatch' work for me quite nicely :)

Edited by Heath, 02 February 2010 - 02:45 PM.

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Posted 02 February 2010 - 02:51 PM

mogul (Module) LOL

What about the opposite... Words that are not said right

Calais - said Cal-ass

Caprice - said Cap-reese




mogul (Module) LOL

What about the opposite... Words that are not said right

Calais - said Cal-ass

Caprice - said Cap-reese




i always say calais-cal-ay not cal-ass and

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Posted 02 February 2010 - 02:53 PM

Everyone calls the HQ a coupe!

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Posted 02 February 2010 - 02:56 PM


Capree?

Are you sure that's correct? Sounds like you're talking about a pommy Ford to me. If I don't know how something is pronounced, I just look it up on dictionary.com and click on the little speaker icon. It doesn't have an entry for a word pronounced like that.


I got no idea to be honest?

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Posted 02 February 2010 - 03:01 PM

Hmm maybe its because on a LX the hatch opens up.. where as on the lc lj its just the boot lid? I dunno

I have always pronounced Caprice as Capreese... lol

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Posted 02 February 2010 - 03:03 PM

what a crapee"
the 4 cly coupe" they made in the 70's?
that piranna put a 302 into?

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Posted 02 February 2010 - 03:05 PM

I always thought a coupe was a pillarless two door and a two door sedan was pillared.

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Posted 02 February 2010 - 03:23 PM

I always thought a coupe was a pillarless two door and a two door sedan was pillared.


Hi

There are such things as "pillarless coupes". By one definition, a couple has a different silhouette to its 4 door relative. eg the LC/LJ 2 door has the same silhouette as the 4 door therefore it is still a sedan, but in the case of the LH/LX?UC hatch, the silhouette is different therefore it's a coupe. Its the same with the Monaros. This would seem to be the definition adopted by GMH.

Cheers

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Posted 02 February 2010 - 03:25 PM

good point bazza - and it's got COU on the rego papers! :rockon:

Now.. back to the poor pronunciations :P

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Posted 02 February 2010 - 03:55 PM

How many car adds have there been for modded cars running chevy 12 volt diffs I wonder if that is the same as Micky S's Formula 1 car having a E diff

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Posted 02 February 2010 - 03:59 PM

not a car related one but there was a newspaper out in sydney for a short time called the Sydney Buy and Sell.

It was in competition to teh trading post, but i dont know who THEy had typing the ads.

Every time i speak of GALVANISING something i always remeber how they spelt - and re-spelt it... "Galvanishing"

I wonder where that steel went! it Gal-vanished!!

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Posted 02 February 2010 - 04:25 PM

rolla rockets

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Posted 02 February 2010 - 04:33 PM

"Galvanishing"


Maybe he was pished when wrote it?
Maybe he has a lernin dissability?
Maybe he has no arms and rites with his tows? :soapbox:

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Posted 02 February 2010 - 04:38 PM

I actually thought it was a Spell Chequer! (it was a repeated fault!)

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Posted 02 February 2010 - 04:42 PM

Saginal for Saginaw
Munchie for Muncie
XU1 for XU-1

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Posted 02 February 2010 - 06:57 PM

I can remember a guy selling some Torana bumper bars on ebay.

Yes , you guessed it he had the Frunt and Bak one !!!

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Posted 02 February 2010 - 07:11 PM

scrapping instead of scraping.....

Eg, I spent all day scrapping my bonnet....

Why?

It looks fine to me, I don't know why you're throwing it out. But if you are, why does it take all day to put it in a skip?

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Posted 02 February 2010 - 07:12 PM

On boostcruising they spell exhaust ighaust or zorrst
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