12-28-2010, 02:42 PM
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" Grille " versus " Grill "
So have I been spelling it wrong, or is the opening on the front of my car actually called a " grill " ?
I thought it was " grille ", but I see it both ways, and I honestly have been in doubt - sometimes even going back and writing 'grill' in place of "grille"
Wikipedia seems confusing as well :
" A grille or grill (French word from Latin craticula, small grill) is an opening of several slits side by side in a wall or metal sheet or other barrier, usually to let air or water enter and/or leave but keep larger objects including people and animals in or out. "
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12-28-2010, 03:00 PM
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As far as I know, both are perfectly correct.
Wiktionary seems to agree: grille - Wiktionary
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12-28-2010, 03:22 PM
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It's grille.
Spell it wrong and meet your banhammer fate.
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12-28-2010, 06:29 PM
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Grille I always thought it went with the bonnet, boot, drop head coupe, spanner crowd  |
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12-28-2010, 06:47 PM
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You'd think I'd prefer "grill" ... fewer letters is more economical after all. |
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12-29-2010, 12:21 AM
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Don't grille me... Grill my grille!
If it is grille, then why isn't it hille, or bille, or gille, or pille, or dille, or spille?
Last edited by NeilBlanchard; 12-29-2010 at 09:40 AM..
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12-29-2010, 12:55 AM
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I'd never seen it spelled "grille" in my life until I found EcoModder. It just looks so wrong! lol.
I'm sticking with "Grill". I'm stubborn. lol.
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12-29-2010, 07:07 AM
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My guess is that historically it is 'grille', but Americans have a tendency to drop letters, whether this is because of laziness, modernization of the language, or to differentiate themselves from their British origins, I do not know. Examples: - color instead of colour,
- aluminum instead of aluminium,
- filet instead of fillet,
- program instead of programme,
- BBQ instead of barbecue,
- W instead of George W. Bush,
- etc.
Ever since the difference in spelling between 'grille' and 'grill' caught my attention, I have been using 'grille' since it seems to have more in common with automotive terminology and is less likely to be confused with a barbecue grill.
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12-29-2010, 07:17 AM
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I always thought grille was on a car and grill is what you cook on.
however I cook on my engine, so it gets confusing.......
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12-29-2010, 12:01 PM
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Everyone else=one way
USA=another way
IE the metric system. Why would you want to do something that makes sense when you can be dumb.
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