spelling mistake
evildragon
08-30-2007, 12:09 PM
has anyone noticed any spelling mistake on their cars?
http://blackevilweredragon.spymac.com/mycar/5.jpg
my dashboard doesn't know how to say gauge..
http://blackevilweredragon.spymac.com/mycar/5.jpg
my dashboard doesn't know how to say gauge..
PeteA216
08-30-2007, 12:13 PM
Actually I think I've seen that on other cars before. It might be intentional. I'm gonna go check all of mine now. lol.
evildragon
08-30-2007, 12:24 PM
huh, that would be interesting if it's intentional.. kinda confusing to me to be honest.
silicon212
08-30-2007, 12:40 PM
I think the reason is that some people might pronounce it as "gouge" or "godge" as it is spelled. Using rules of spelling (normally), the word "gage" would be pronounced correctly.
Then again, perhaps it's for another reason altogether.
When we first got our '02 Silvy at work, the engine on it was toast and the oil pressure would drop to 0 at idle with the engine warm. The information center would then announce "Check Gages".
Then again, perhaps it's for another reason altogether.
When we first got our '02 Silvy at work, the engine on it was toast and the oil pressure would drop to 0 at idle with the engine warm. The information center would then announce "Check Gages".
PeteA216
08-30-2007, 02:07 PM
Well, my Caprice has no battery right no so I can't check that, but my '89 GMC says "Check Gauges"
Blue Bowtie
08-31-2007, 10:10 AM
That was intentional. The fuses are also marked "GAGE" in the older fuse panels.
On a side note, any of you who may have worked at or with GM in the mind-1990s may have noticed that in company literature, the word "employee" was intentionally misspelled "employe" as a cost-saving measure. Someone calculated the annual cost savings in ink, paper, and time by simply dropping one "E" from the end of the word and submitted it as a Q145 cost saving idea. It was adopted for a few years as a result, and mandated for use in all internal company literature. It used to drive me nuts, even though I wasn't a direct "employe" of the corporation.
I wonder how much of that cost "saving" was wasted in instituting the new word and the "proper" use of it.
On a side note, any of you who may have worked at or with GM in the mind-1990s may have noticed that in company literature, the word "employee" was intentionally misspelled "employe" as a cost-saving measure. Someone calculated the annual cost savings in ink, paper, and time by simply dropping one "E" from the end of the word and submitted it as a Q145 cost saving idea. It was adopted for a few years as a result, and mandated for use in all internal company literature. It used to drive me nuts, even though I wasn't a direct "employe" of the corporation.
I wonder how much of that cost "saving" was wasted in instituting the new word and the "proper" use of it.
emarkay
09-08-2007, 10:51 PM
A few Google hits - It's OK, but not proper...
http://asuwlink.uwyo.edu/~metal/gage.html
http://www.antimoon.com/forum/t135.htm
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gauge
At least it doesn't confuse ALT with GEN (us oldtimers remember that one...)
http://asuwlink.uwyo.edu/~metal/gage.html
http://www.antimoon.com/forum/t135.htm
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gauge
At least it doesn't confuse ALT with GEN (us oldtimers remember that one...)
silicon212
09-08-2007, 11:23 PM
A few Google hits - It's OK, but not proper...
http://asuwlink.uwyo.edu/~metal/gage.html
http://www.antimoon.com/forum/t135.htm
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gauge
At least it doesn't confuse ALT with GEN (us oldtimers remember that one...)
My '72 Impala, '75 Caprice, '75 Grand AM and '76 Delta 88 (the land barge) all had GEN on the dash. The Grand AM also had a volt gauge.
http://asuwlink.uwyo.edu/~metal/gage.html
http://www.antimoon.com/forum/t135.htm
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gauge
At least it doesn't confuse ALT with GEN (us oldtimers remember that one...)
My '72 Impala, '75 Caprice, '75 Grand AM and '76 Delta 88 (the land barge) all had GEN on the dash. The Grand AM also had a volt gauge.
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