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[welshie]

Not always though hey.

Tyre tire?! Why change the spelling, they mean two different things!

[bud]

Not always though hey.

Tyre tire?! Why change the spelling, they mean two different things!

I remember a fight i had on another forum with Darwin_Dali 8 years ago about Tyre Vs Tire

but there is words like Jail which has been adopted as proper English though hey, GAOL is the original spelling.

[darwin dali]

Not always though hey.

Tyre tire?! Why change the spelling, they mean two different things!

Jacket image of the Compact Oxford English Dictionary


tyre

(US tire)

• noun 1 a rubber covering, typically inflated or surrounding an inflated inner tube, placed round a wheel to form a soft contact with the road. 2 a strengthening band of metal fitted around the rim of a wheel, especially of a railway vehicle.

— ORIGIN probably a shortening of ATTIRE (because the tyre was the ‘clothing’ of the wheel).

Why change it from att*i*re to tyre??? Tire seems much more logical!

[texasmr2]

Tire is used more universaly than tyre.

[welshie]

Tire - To become sleepy or weary.

Why use the same spelling for two different meanings?! Hence, Tyre

Plus I think Tire is only used in Canada and the US, where as tyre is used in other English speaking countries so therefore more global

[7UpJordan]

Speaking of "for sure" it looks like the trend has spread to the forum, because look what happened when I decided to let my curiosity loose...

[darwin dali]

Tire - To become sleepy or weary.

Why use the same spelling for two different meanings?! Hence, Tyre

Plus I think Tire is only used in Canada and the US, where as tyre is used in other English speaking countries so therefore more global

Why? Because it's not attYre, it's attire.

Why? Look, e.g., at the word LEAD - same spelling for two different meanings!

[bud]

Tire - To become sleepy or weary.

Why use the same spelling for two different meanings?! Hence, Tyre

Plus I think Tire is only used in Canada and the US, where as tyre is used in other English speaking countries so therefore more global

Why? Because it's not attYre, it's attire.

Why? Look, e.g., at the word LEAD - same spelling for two different meanings!

I tire of your argument

[darwin dali]

Tire - To become sleepy or weary.

Why use the same spelling for two different meanings?! Hence, Tyre

Plus I think Tire is only used in Canada and the US, where as tyre is used in other English speaking countries so therefore more global

Why? Because it's not attYre, it's attire.

Why? Look, e.g., at the word LEAD - same spelling for two different meanings!

I tire of your argument

[darwin dali]

Found this:
tire (n.) Look up tire at Dictionary.com
1485, "iron rim of a carriage wheel," probably from tire "equipment, dress, covering" (c.1300), an aphetic form of attire. The notion is of the tire as the dressing of the wheel. The original spelling was tyre, which had shifted to tire in 17c.-18c., but since early 19c. tyre has been revived in Great Britain and become standard there. Rubber ones, for bicycles (later automobiles) are from 1870s.


So, the Brits had shifted to the modern spelling 300 years ago, but then in the 1800s 'REVIVED' the old(-fashioned) spelling while presumably the Americans (remember 1776?) stuck with the modern spelling that was popular back then.
Classic case of flip-flop on the Brits' side

[welshie]

Found this:
tire (n.) Look up tire at Dictionary.com
1485, "iron rim of a carriage wheel," probably from tire "equipment, dress, covering" (c.1300), an aphetic form of attire. The notion is of the tire as the dressing of the wheel. The original spelling was tyre, which had shifted to tire in 17c.-18c., but since early 19c. tyre has been revived in Great Britain and become standard there. Rubber ones, for bicycles (later automobiles) are from 1870s.


So, the Brits had shifted to the modern spelling 300 years ago, but then in the 1800s 'REVIVED' the old(-fashioned) spelling while presumably the Americans (remember 1776?) stuck with the modern spelling that was popular back then.
Classic case of flip-flop on the Brits' side

Jeez does it really mean that much to you that you trawl the web looking for evidence?!
Fine it's tire, and from now on I'll also call the front and rear wings on my car "fenders" . . . as it's much more concise

[darwin dali]

Found this:
tire (n.) Look up tire at Dictionary.com
1485, "iron rim of a carriage wheel," probably from tire "equipment, dress, covering" (c.1300), an aphetic form of attire. The notion is of the tire as the dressing of the wheel. The original spelling was tyre, which had shifted to tire in 17c.-18c., but since early 19c. tyre has been revived in Great Britain and become standard there. Rubber ones, for bicycles (later automobiles) are from 1870s.


So, the Brits had shifted to the modern spelling 300 years ago, but then in the 1800s 'REVIVED' the old(-fashioned) spelling while presumably the Americans (remember 1776?) stuck with the modern spelling that was popular back then.
Classic case of flip-flop on the Brits' side

Jeez does it really mean that much to you that you trawl the web looking for evidence?!
Fine it's tire, and from now on I'll also call the front and rear wings on my car "fenders" . . . as it's much more concise

Well, YOU brought it up and started it all
And yes, I like languages (dates back to when I took Latin) and am interested in things like above.

[welshie]

No, I'm afraid not. You still can't spell in the States.

Ha ha did I really start it all?!!

[texasmr2]

No, I'm afraid not. You still can't spell in the States.

Ha ha did I really start it all?!!

Admit it you just wanted the 'insider's tour' of DD's Magical Dungeon??

[welshie]

No, I'm afraid not. You still can't spell in the States.

Ha ha did I really start it all?!!

Admit it you just wanted the 'insider's tour' of DD's Magical Dungeon??

Yes, yes I did. . . . . . Just call me Mad Max baby!!