People who cannot spell Alfa.
You even get it from people who own one for goodness sakes !!
What the phuck are you talking about, MD? :P
Wot alpha?
I have a personal dislike for spYder. I've seen Juetto (Duetto) and Burton (Bertone).
People need to get this one right too, Giulia not Guilia. Although I have found some badly spelt bargains on eBay so I don't mind when people can't spell! :P
Try explaining to some people that your alfa 75 is a 1990 model and not a 1975 model. The conversation normally runs "what model alfa?" to which you reply "75", only to hear the obvious, " ye mate but what model do you have?"..... I find it funny actually lmaooo
Atleast the 90 guys can come across as having a later model car i guess.
Quote from: Derek Entesano on January 31, 2012, 09:25:05 PM
Although I have found some badly spelt bargains on eBay so I don't mind when people can't spell! :P
Hehe, me too!!
I feel better now knowing other people are on the same script taking anti depressants.. :)
I live in hope that their driving abilities whilst on the road doesn't match their dyslexic ALPHA !!
Quote from: david sammartino on January 31, 2012, 09:36:31 PM
Try explaining to some people that your alfa 75 is a 1990 model and not a 1975 model. The conversation normally runs "what model alfa?" to which you reply "75", only to hear the obvious, " ye mate but what model do you have?"..... I find it funny actually lmaooo
Atleast the 90 guys can come across as having a later model car i guess.
I've got one better. I also own a Ford Ka!
Quote from: MD on January 31, 2012, 07:46:49 PM
People who cannot spell Alfa.
You even get it from people who own one for goodness sakes !!
A search for "Alpha" on this site brings up just over a page of hits. More than 1/2 of them are *not* someone "avin a larf" about it.... In any case, I guess you won't be bidding on some Qld personalised plates that are currently available (see aroca qld classifieds)? Although - it would be funny...
I just had the model year of Alfa 75, one of which is a '90 model ::) conversation with insurance co after a few vehicle "movements".... I think my pet hate is when car mfgs can't come up with a decent name and use numbers..... At least the Germans and Japanese (and Ferrari) figured out that it was a good idea to use enough digits to make the number distinctive.
+1 cannot stand the wrong spelling of Alfa. I can't even do it when I want to. Have had a few quibbles with family over it considering i'm the only one with an Alfa Romeo.
this is probably the funniest of all this is for a set of number plates that are on ebay at the moment, just look i dont want to spoil the laughs
http://www.ebay.com.au/itm/QLD-PERSONALISED-NUMBER-PLATE-ALPHA-33-BRAND-NEW-ORIGINAL-PACKAGING-/320840087227?pt=AU_Car_Parts_Accessories&hash=item4ab38f36bb
Quote from: Darryl on February 04, 2012, 12:21:20 AM
I just had the model year of Alfa 75, one of which is a '90 model ::) conversation with insurance co after a few vehicle "movements".... I think my pet hate is when car mfgs can't come up with a decent name and use numbers..... At least the Germans and Japanese (and Ferrari) figured out that it was a good idea to use enough digits to make the number distinctive.
Disinctive sure, but often repeated, meaningless and/or confusing. Particularly when they use a number sequence to define,say, a model and engine capacity, but then devaite from the numbering at random.
'75' was chosen for an entirely valid reason. If we extrapolate the use of the substituted 'Milano' locally, the commodore should be the Elizabeth, Falcon the Geelong !!!!!
I've owned both 60 and 80 series Landcruisers but people don't assume they are 1960 or 1980 models?
We should all be refusing to fold/apologise/adjust for other people's ignorance ;)
I find it much more unfathomable that the Alfa 75, the 90 and the 164 series are all given the same chassis prefix. Those in the know found the use of 101/105/116 a handy tool, then we end up with a 116-based car sharing numbers with a new-chassis FWD model......
But then I know Alfisti who refuse to accept that the GTV6 is an Alfetta, and like to define it as a separate model.
I think spellcheckers (spellchequers :)) are partially to blame for mistakes in the press/published word. I commonly use a certain acronym at work and spellcheck suggests 'tosspot' as a viable spelling........ :o
If it's any consolation for you MD, I hate when people say "instal" instead of "installation".
That, and when people add the word "out" unnecessarily "Changing the engine out." Or, and this one is really American "The engine stalled out."
Well. I am not really on a campaign to rid the world of bad spelling as such.I do my fair share.
My solitary gripe is protecting the name of our cars.
As much as the V8 Ford stereotype image involves knuckles dragging on the ground, you hardly ever see V8 Phords or Fordes spelt any other way than Ford. Funny enough it only has four letters of the alphabet too, or is that alfabet? I'm getting confused. .(Now that I have said that I am sure somebody will go digging )
Long live elfa, no, make that lfa.Stuff it,let's just bite the bullet and call it a Pheat.
Sanity is overrated ;D
Or what about the bloke at work that thought my car [156 JTS] was a Fiat, oh actually it is, but the badges say Alfa Romeo, he drives an AU Falcon...., then i said no its not a Fiat, he said is it a SAAB?, how hard can it be to read a badge that clearly states ALFA ROMEO, Colin.
Quote from: Paul Bayly on February 04, 2012, 07:14:56 AM
'75' was chosen for an entirely valid reason. If we extrapolate the use of the substituted 'Milano' locally, the commodore should be the Elizabeth, Falcon the Geelong !!!!!
I find it much more unfathomable that the Alfa 75, the 90 and the 164 series are all given the same chassis prefix. Those in the know found the use of 101/105/116 a handy tool, then we end up with a 116-based car sharing numbers with a new-chassis FWD model......
I hate it when people say "very unique" and hate "much more unfathomable" slightly less :)
I think the "160" series is a problem created only by trying to group in radix 10 as this forum's sections do. It doesn't look like that's the way the Alfa series numbers work.. Looking at all 3 digits, the 75 and 90 are both 162 chassis and the 164, very sensibly, is .... a 164? There does seem to be something magic about the first digit but I can't figure out what the 1 vs 9 means (90x for sud derivatives/descendants, 916 GTV/spider, 920 Arna and 93x current fwd alfas)... Not sure if the 155 is really a 155, or what happened to other numbers in the 116...162 range...
Having learned Italian, having a wife who teaches it, two children who speak it, and after spending some time living there, mispronunciation of Italian names and words annoys me as well as mis-spelling. I will probably get howled down here, but "Dewcatti" is one that particularly gets to me. The trouble is that once people get these things in their head, many of them refuse to change. I once had a discussion on the Alfa Bulletin Board about this and the Americans, despite their strange English spelling and phrases, are actually much better at pronouncing words in the correct way for the language. It also annoys me that people who have a lovely Italian name feel they have to Australianise it because Australians refuse to pronounce it properly, no matter how many times they are corrected.
Moto Guzzy or Guilera for anyone ?
Heres a good one.... People who presume you know what a stage 1,2,3..... Kit is.
Lost count the amount of times ive been speaking to someone with a modified car, and asked them what mods it had, only to be told its got a stage whatever kit in it. Dont these people realise that a stage 1 kit from one company is a completely different thing from a stage 1 kit from another.
Most of the time i just cant be bothered going in to it so i just pretend i know what the heck theyre on about.
And thats not even mentioning why this sort of crowd feel the need to "stage" their modifications.
Oh, and dont get me started on their need to abbreviate everything.... Ca=cold air
Otrai=over the radiater air intake... Im sure youve all read many more on the net. Id say this is one of the worst, how long does it take to type!!
Ooo, come on!! whats wrong with my user name "alphatype" ha!ha!
Quote from: david sammartino on February 04, 2012, 08:01:00 PM
Heres a good one.... People who presume you know what a stage 1,2,3..... Kit is.
Lost count the amount of times ive been speaking to someone with a modified car, and asked them what mods it had, only to be told its got a stage whatever kit in it. Dont these people realise that a stage 1 kit from one company is a completely different thing from a stage 1 kit from another.
Most of the time i just cant be bothered going in to it so i just pretend i know what the heck theyre on about.
And thats not even mentioning why this sort of crowd feel the need to "stage" their modifications.
Agreed!
I came to the conclusion years ago that seller marketing their stuff as Stage whatever tend to do so for 1 or 2 reasons. Either they don't want to tell you how little they've done for how much they've charged for the puny results they've got. Or, their average customer aint real smartz wen it cumz to carz, so they dumb it down to level where they don't have to explain what a cable tie, tape and a bolt is...... :P
Quote from: david sammartino on February 04, 2012, 08:01:00 PMOh, and dont get me started on their need to abbreviate everything.... Ca=cold air
Otrai=over the radiater air intake... Im sure youve all read many more on the net. Id say this is one of the worst, how long does it take to type!!
I blame the ridiculous influx of 'Americanization' in this country. The Yank have an incessant love of acronyms and want to group things together like that.
duk, australians also do a pretty good job at butchering the english language