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From: F Murtz on 15 Mar 2010 04:28 Nev.. wrote: > Lars Chance wrote: >> JL wrote: >>> On Mar 15, 12:40 am, Lars Chance <lars.cha...(a)hotmail.com> wrote: >>>> It would behoove you to find out if it's an oil-pressure or >>>> oil-level light. >>>> P'raps you're running too heavy oil (i.e. too high viscosity index >>>> number). That can cause trouble. >> >>>> (Behoove would mean "add hooves to ..." right?) >>> >>> Given you've made the word up I guess it can mean what ever you would >>> like it to... >>> >>> Correct word (based on context) below >>> >>> http://www.askoxford.com/concise_oed/behove?view=uk >>> >> >> Technically *Americans* made it up; I just copied it, >> but thanks for the correction. > > If the US spelling is different I think it's far more likely that that > american spelling is the original (ie most correct) spelling, and the > English later changed it. As for most English language words, there's > not so much a correct spelling as there is a generally accepted > spelling. Check out the national archives and have a read of some > Australian newspapers from the early 1900s. It's suprising how many word > usages and spellings have changed just in the last 100 years. > > Nev.. > '08 DL1000K8 It comes from old english an the Americans would have changed it as they do with all the other english they have changed.
From: Lars Chance on 15 Mar 2010 04:31 Nev.. wrote: > Lars Chance wrote: >> JL wrote: >>> On Mar 15, 12:40 am, Lars Chance <lars.cha...(a)hotmail.com> wrote: >>>> It would behoove you to find out if it's an oil-pressure or >>>> oil-level light. >>>> P'raps you're running too heavy oil (i.e. too high viscosity index >>>> number). That can cause trouble. >> >>>> (Behoove would mean "add hooves to ..." right?) >>> >>> Given you've made the word up I guess it can mean what ever you would >>> like it to... >>> >>> Correct word (based on context) below >>> >>> http://www.askoxford.com/concise_oed/behove?view=uk >>> >> >> Technically *Americans* made it up; I just copied it, >> but thanks for the correction. > > If the US spelling is different I think it's far more likely that that > american spelling is the original (ie most correct) spelling, and the > English later changed it. As for most English language words, there's > not so much a correct spelling as there is a generally accepted > spelling. Check out the national archives and have a read of some > Australian newspapers from the early 1900s. It's suprising how many > word usages and spellings have changed just in the last 100 years. > Yes this is an irksome truth. As much as we like to think the Yanks are the illiterate ones it's actually the Poms who made all the changes and made the spelling of words less phonetic. -- Elsie.
From: Fulliautomatix on 15 Mar 2010 04:46 Knobdoodle wrote: > "Nev.." <idiot(a)mindless.com> wrote: > >>Do engines have oil level lights? ... >> > > XJ900s do. > 2004 YZF600s seem to also: > http://www.bikebandit.com/houseofmotorcycles/2004-yamaha-motorcycle-yzf600rs-yzf600/o/m8995 > (Note item 9 "OIL LEVEL GAUGE") > FZ1 does - it is recommended to slightly overfill the oil to prevent being bothered by it
From: Nev.. on 15 Mar 2010 05:57 F Murtz wrote: > Nev.. wrote: >> Lars Chance wrote: >>> JL wrote: >>>> On Mar 15, 12:40 am, Lars Chance <lars.cha...(a)hotmail.com> wrote: >>>>> It would behoove you to find out if it's an oil-pressure or >>>>> oil-level light. >>>>> P'raps you're running too heavy oil (i.e. too high viscosity index >>>>> number). That can cause trouble. >>> >>>>> (Behoove would mean "add hooves to ..." right?) >>>> >>>> Given you've made the word up I guess it can mean what ever you would >>>> like it to... >>>> >>>> Correct word (based on context) below >>>> >>>> http://www.askoxford.com/concise_oed/behove?view=uk >>>> >>> >>> Technically *Americans* made it up; I just copied it, >>> but thanks for the correction. >> >> If the US spelling is different I think it's far more likely that that >> american spelling is the original (ie most correct) spelling, and the >> English later changed it. As for most English language words, there's >> not so much a correct spelling as there is a generally accepted >> spelling. Check out the national archives and have a read of some >> Australian newspapers from the early 1900s. It's suprising how many word >> usages and spellings have changed just in the last 100 years. >> >> Nev.. >> '08 DL1000K8 > It comes from old english an the Americans would have changed it as they > do with all the other english they have changed. Dear Tail, your dog is wagging. Regards. Nev.. '08 DL1000K8
From: theo on 15 Mar 2010 06:16
On Mar 15, 4:31 pm, Lars Chance <lars.cha...(a)hotmail.com> wrote: > As much as we like to think the Yanks are the illiterate ones it's > actually the Poms who made all the changes and made the spelling of > words less phonetic. I believe English is the only language in which the word phonetic does not start with an "F" and finish with a "K". Theo |