According to my “Shorter Oxford Eng. Dict.”, break is an alternate spelling of brake. To my surprise, even my trusty “Amer. Herit. Dict. of the Eng. Lang.” had an entry to that effect.
Even though neither dictionary says so, I suspect it is more a British usage, where they build cars with boots and bonnets and park them by the kerb. Any Aussies or Canadians out there care to comment?
G’day Jason, Dry, JFri, Ottod, Meggsiefan, Frank and all Meggsie’s mates.
Yep, pschearer, we sure do call parts of cars by those names in Oz, what would a car be without a boot and a bonnet, but we have never found some feature that could be called a pinafore. Misspellings of ‘kerb’ abound where the word ‘curb’ is used instead.
rotts over 13 years ago
That’s “brakes”, not “breaks”! Geez!
Ginger Meggs over 13 years ago
Them’s the breaks.
Elroch over 13 years ago
Bad break for the cartoonist. Perhaps too much to expect someone to be able to draw and spell.
SBro over 13 years ago
What a dope
pschearer Premium Member over 13 years ago
According to my “Shorter Oxford Eng. Dict.”, break is an alternate spelling of brake. To my surprise, even my trusty “Amer. Herit. Dict. of the Eng. Lang.” had an entry to that effect.
Even though neither dictionary says so, I suspect it is more a British usage, where they build cars with boots and bonnets and park them by the kerb. Any Aussies or Canadians out there care to comment?
usfellers over 13 years ago
G’day Jason, Dry, JFri, Ottod, Meggsiefan, Frank and all Meggsie’s mates.
Yep, pschearer, we sure do call parts of cars by those names in Oz, what would a car be without a boot and a bonnet, but we have never found some feature that could be called a pinafore. Misspellings of ‘kerb’ abound where the word ‘curb’ is used instead.