Tires !!

[Jonbays]

Well yes if you learned English from an American or Canadian then you will find spelling a bit of a challenge!

In English as written (not spoken though as accents vary) in England, Australia, New Zealand and South Africa you find tires means you are getting tired or fatigued.

in other parts of the world they use tires with an "i"

[Chris_Blue]

Can anyone get better than £100 a corner, supply only to home address for Michelin Pilot Sport 3s ... 205 40 17s?
Then will cost £20 a wheel to fit, balance, valve etc. So beat £480 supply , fit and balance (Always get caught out on supply and fit- they dont balance normally)

Just a little way to go, as got £370 ATM :-)

[cyclone]

Then will cost £20 a wheel to fit, balance, valve etc. (Always get caught out on supply and fit- they dont balance normally)

Wow 20 pounds a corner, feel sorry for you guys. Going rate for that stuff is 10 euro a tire around here.

[Aidan@Partsworld-uk.com]

I have the Achilles tyres on at the moment (since i got the car), although they haven't failed on me the reviews that I've read are terrible!

[DaveB]

I always use tyres with a "y" in them!

JB (Grammar Nazi)

As the word is said to be an abbreviated form of "attire", maybe we're wrong & the Colonials are right!

[Chris_Blue]

Wow 20 pounds a corner, feel sorry for you guys. Going rate for that stuff is 10 euro a tire around here.

You can get tyres fitted, with valve for £10 each, but no balancing
£20 is the only quote i have so far, and they would supply Nitrogen too.
But will shop around

[Jimbob]

As the word is said to be an abbreviated form of "attire", maybe we're wrong & the Colonials are right!

Blasphemy!!! How can you say such things?

JB

[lfcrule1972]

Re using Nitrogen to inflate the tyres, what happens when you need to top the pressure up a little, do you get a can of Nitrogen to do this as well ? Otherwise I don't see the point :confused:

[cyclone]

Blasphemy!!! How can you say such things?

JB

wiki - etymology of tire:

The spelling tyre does not appear until the 1840s when the English began shrink fitting railway car wheels with malleable iron. Nevertheless, traditional publishers continued using tire. The Times newspaper in Britain was still using tire as late as 1905.[2] The spelling tyre, however, began to be commonly used in the 19th century for pneumatic tires in the UK. The 1911 edition of the Encyclopædia Britannica states that "[t]he spelling 'tyre' is not now accepted by the best English authorities, and is unrecognized in the US",[3] while Fowler's Modern English Usage of 1926 says that "there is nothing to be said for 'tyre', which is etymologically wrong, as well as needlessly divergent from our own [sc. British] older & the present American usage".[4] However, over the course of the 20th century tyre became established as the standard British spelling.

[Jimbob]

However, over the course of the 20th century tyre became established as the standard British spelling.

'Nuff said!


JB

[cyclone]

'Nuff said!


JB

Urban dictionary:
nuff said
What people write when they don't actually have anything important to say OR they believe their argument is superior (but can't prove it).

[Jimbob]

It is the duty of the British to educate their colonials and post colonials.

We do not prove superiority we just exude it and define it

JB

[cyclone]

nice! so much lol

[Clean Your Ride]

'Nuff said!


JB

Surely the Grammar Nazi shouldn't be using non standard spellings of English language words that represent informal speech?

Not a very good example JB.



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[Jimbob]

Surely the Grammar Nazi shouldn't be using non standard spellings of English language words that represent informal speech?

Not a very good example JB.

There is a big difference between colloquial speech suitable for a forum and downright bad English!

JB