Gage or Gauge????
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Hi,
I'm sitting in a room with an UNABRIDGED Webster's Third International Dictionary. All 2662 pages of it, at about 20 lbs.
I would have bet on gauge ONLY, but gage is a variation.
If it's o.k. I'll still type gaUge!
Regards,
Alan
I'm sitting in a room with an UNABRIDGED Webster's Third International Dictionary. All 2662 pages of it, at about 20 lbs.
I would have bet on gauge ONLY, but gage is a variation.
If it's o.k. I'll still type gaUge!
Regards,
Alan
Last edited by Alan 71; Mar 3, 2011 at 10:58 AM.
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Come on guys....cut him a little slack....
Everyone gets a little nutty sometimes...
Anyway - it IS a good question and like I said, being a machinist for 25 years - I've heard it asked many times...
Let's all get a beer !
Everyone gets a little nutty sometimes...
Anyway - it IS a good question and like I said, being a machinist for 25 years - I've heard it asked many times...
Let's all get a beer !
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GM 'invented' the word "gage". In the 1950's, they decided that the "u" was unnecessary and that typists' time would be saved by eliminating the "u" from the word. That variation never was made official in any reputable dictionary.
By the way....they both sound the same when you say them.
By the way....they both sound the same when you say them.
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GM 'invented' the word "gage". In the 1950's, they decided that the "u" was unnecessary and that typists' time would be saved by eliminating the "u" from the word. That variation never was made official in any reputable dictionary.
By the way....they both sound the same when you say them.
By the way....they both sound the same when you say them.
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Before you waste space on this forum with a question like that, try this first:
http://www.merriam-webster.com/
http://www.merriam-webster.com/
Why should he waste his time looking it up when he has such a pleasant person like you to do it for him?
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I saw in another past post from "Roger" that he was refering to instuments and casually spelled it "gages". I really think now if you are talking about GM instuments it must be spelled "gages" and any other car maker "gauges" Hum
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Don't use me as any kind of guideline , I did good to get through English with a C. 
Most of the time I try to spell it gauges. If I'm referring to a fuse for the gauges I try to spell it the way its spelled on the fuse-box.
Up to 1980 its spelled gauges ,81 and 82 its spelled gages.
I will say my spell check will alert me if I use the gages spelling.
Most of the time I try to spell it gauges. If I'm referring to a fuse for the gauges I try to spell it the way its spelled on the fuse-box.
Up to 1980 its spelled gauges ,81 and 82 its spelled gages.
I will say my spell check will alert me if I use the gages spelling.