Gauge is the British spelling, gage is the American spelling. The American
spelling is nearly obsolete, though many shops that manufacture and deal
exclusively with gages spell it as gages. Legal documents, however, use it
as gauge because they always take the preferred spelling. The dictionary
prefers gauge to gage, but gage is still acceptable. Okay, I'm done with
that. I don't want to see this word again....... ;-)
Ron
00 PB SLT QC 4X2 5.9 46RE 3.92 LSD
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From: owner-dakota-truck@dakota-truck.net
[mailto:owner-dakota-truck@dakota-truck.net]On Behalf Of Mallett, Donald
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Sent: Sunday, July 21, 2002 2:46 AM
To: 'DML'
Subject: DML: Gage or Gauge?
A little O/T but funny. In my owner's manual, In the instrument panel the
spelling for these funny little thing that the needles that move and point
at some numbers are named "gage" I never noticed this before but what is a
gage? I was brought up with the spelling as "Gauge"
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Y2K QC 4.7L Auto SLT+
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OK OK So I do have a little too much time to kill here at work. Half
the battle is just trying to stay awake at 3AM <{;-)
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