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A quick tutorial, based on one of my pet hates!
This is a door:
This is a wing:
This is a
DOOR mirror:
Jeez, it's not rocket science, FFS!
Mark.
Council estate lad.
Member of the Guild of Experienced Motorists. Lapsed.
This is an old man...
This is an internet forum...
And that last post was what happens when you combine the two !!
Rob Mk.2 Marea Weekend 1.8 16v 115 ELX - Bigger IS better !
Now look here, sunshine!
Perhaps the £5 BOO membership did have its benefits after all.
Like being able to edit posts.
Mark.
Council estate lad.
Member of the Guild of Experienced Motorists. Lapsed.
Now I've seen who actually wrote the latest "wing mirror" title, the above is seen in a compeletly different light.
Mark.
Council estate lad.
Member of the Guild of Experienced Motorists. Lapsed.
so its a DOOR mirror on NEW cars
and WING mirrors on OLDER cars like the jag ^^
Bravo GT Status: Replaced with a Mondeo `53 plate
Bigger IS Better!
Why didn`t we have something like Lazy Town when we younger
Wing mirror, door mirror, we all know what someone means
People don't get arsey when others refer to a vacuum cleaner as a hoover, when in fact, Hoover is a brand name synonymous with vacuum cleaners.
Or when people refer to satellite dishes as "Sky Dishes"
Well, most people don't. People like Mark do
Rob Mk.2 Marea Weekend 1.8 16v 115 ELX - Bigger IS better !
"so its a DOOR mirror on NEW cars and WING mirrors on OLDER cars like the jag
No, a DOOR mirror is called a DOOR mirror because it's fitted to a DOOR.
A WING mirror is called a WING mirror because it's fitted to a WING.
Mark.
Council estate lad.
Member of the Guild of Experienced Motorists. Lapsed.
Well. How about this £0.02 Mark
It strikes me that the wing of a car, is so called, not because its aeronautically engineered, or enables flight, but because it happens to be on the sides of the car. The wings as it were.
So, we have a central rear view mirror, and we have 2 wing mirrors on our cars. We don't call them wing mirrors because they are bolted through the wings, just as we don't call them door mirrors because they are bolted to the doors. They are known as wing mirrors because they are located 'in the wings' and allow us to look down the sides (the wings or flanks) of the car....
Buzz
Checkmate !!
Nice work, Buzz
Rob Mk.2 Marea Weekend 1.8 16v 115 ELX - Bigger IS better !
I concede!
Mark.
Council estate lad.
Member of the Guild of Experienced Motorists. Lapsed.
OWNED!!
lol!
"Doctor said to give up Keee-Babs. I said 'No, no-no'"
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So where do i apply for my badge from the League of Pedants?
Buzz
