Tire sealant question

[Pinhead]

Please

It is TYRE not Tire

Never understood why this is so misspelt

TIRE is

1. feel or cause to feel in need of rest or sleep. "soon the ascent grew steeper and he began to tire"

2. lose interest in; become bored with.

[a.twiddler]

Hmm. Surprised that the mods haven't, er, mod -ified the thread title by now. It jars with me, too.

[rogerzilla]

Please

It is TYRE not Tire

Never understood why this is so misspelt

TIRE is

1. feel or cause to feel in need of rest or sleep. "soon the ascent grew steeper and he began to tire"

2. lose interest in; become bored with.

I would guess it's because the majority of English speakers spell it "tire", however much we might dislike USian spelling.

[Pinhead]

Please

It is TYRE not Tire

Never understood why this is so misspelt

TIRE is

1. feel or cause to feel in need of rest or sleep. "soon the ascent grew steeper and he began to tire"

2. lose interest in; become bored with.

I would guess it's because the majority of English speakers spell it "tire", however much we might dislike USian spelling.

Invented in the UK (Scotland" so the British spelling is correct

Robert William Thomson
Inventor
Robert William Thomson PRSSA FRSE was a Scottish inventor known for inventing the refillable fountain pen and the pneumatic tyre. Wikipedia

[JerseyJoe]

Please

It is TYRE not Tire

Never understood why this is so misspelt

TIRE is

1. feel or cause to feel in need of rest or sleep. "soon the ascent grew steeper and he began to tire"

2. lose interest in; become bored with.

I would guess it's because the majority of English speakers spell it "tire", however much we might dislike USian spelling.

Invented in the UK (Scotland" so the British spelling is correct

Robert William Thomson
Inventor
Robert William Thomson PRSSA FRSE was a Scottish inventor known for inventing the refillable fountain pen and the pneumatic tyre. Wikipedia

I always thought it was Dunlop! Did the Scots not invent tarmacadam roads, and er, the bicycle?

[Jdsk]

I would guess it's because the majority of English speakers spell it "tire", however much we might dislike USian spelling.

Invented in the UK (Scotland" so the British spelling is correct

Robert William Thomson
Inventor
Robert William Thomson PRSSA FRSE was a Scottish inventor known for inventing the refillable fountain pen and the pneumatic tyre. Wikipedia

I always thought it was Dunlop!
...

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tire#History

Jonathan

[Pinhead]

I would guess it's because the majority of English speakers spell it "tire", however much we might dislike USian spelling.

Invented in the UK (Scotland" so the British spelling is correct

Robert William Thomson
Inventor
Robert William Thomson PRSSA FRSE was a Scottish inventor known for inventing the refillable fountain pen and the pneumatic tyre. Wikipedia

I always thought it was Dunlop! Did the Scots not invent tarmacadam roads, and er, the bicycle?

I did state Scotland

[Jdsk]

...
Did the Scots not invent tarmacadam roads, and er, the bicycle?

Tarmacadam:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tarmacadam#Origins

The bicycle, including the contributions of Macmillan, Dalzell and McCall:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_the_bicycle

Jonathan