{"id":16912,"date":"2016-07-17T17:20:37","date_gmt":"2016-07-17T17:20:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.oracletutoring.ca\/blog\/?p=16912"},"modified":"2016-07-17T17:24:32","modified_gmt":"2016-07-17T17:24:32","slug":"english-are-we-spelling-tire-tyre-correctly","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.oracletutoring.ca\/blog\/english-are-we-spelling-tire-tyre-correctly\/","title":{"rendered":"English: are we spelling tire (tyre) correctly?"},"content":{"rendered":"

The tutor discusses a spelling he’s long wondered about.<\/h1>\n

Before I had kids, I read a lot of fiction, much of it British. Often, in those books, tyre<\/em> referred to the rubber around a car’s wheels.<\/p>\n

Canadian Tire, of course, gives an example of how we typically spell the British tyre<\/em>: tire<\/em>, rather than tyre<\/em>. Which spelling should we be using?<\/p>\n

My Collins Essential Canadian English Dictionary & Thesaurus<\/u> doesn’t define tire<\/em> as a noun; rather, it says tire is a verb that means to fatigue, etc. It defines tyre<\/em>, only, as the rubber around a car’s wheels. In contrast, my Oxford Canadian Dictionary of Current English<\/u> doesn’t contain the word tyre<\/em>.<\/p>\n

Merriam-Webster<\/u> – Yank, of course – includes tyre<\/em>, saying it’s a British spelling of tire<\/em>, meaning the rubber around a car’s wheels.<\/p>\n

Curious, eh?<\/p>\n

Jack of Oracle Tutoring by Jack and Diane,<\/a> Campbell River, BC.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The tutor discusses a spelling he’s long wondered about. Before I had kids, I read a lot of fiction, much of it British. Often, in those books, tyre referred to the rubber around a car’s wheels. Canadian Tire, of course, …<\/p>\n

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