To: | "Geo Hahn" <ahwahnee@cybertrails.com>, "TR" <triumphs@Autox.Team.Net> |
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Subject: | Re: Weird TR250 hard top |
Date: | Wed, 29 Dec 2004 07:58:05 -0600 reply-type=response |
References: | <1ee.31d94d38.2f033526@aol.com> <41D20E36.1090903@cybertrails.com> |
Geo, According to the literature I have (Piggott's "Original Triumph"), the "e" originally had an accent (i), and it was indeed pronounced "doe-vay." However, this was later dropped, and the correct pronunciation is now simply "duv." Kurtis Jones Russellville, Arkansas 1963 TR4 - CT19389L 1959 AH Bugeye - AN5L23250 www.geocities.com/tr4_1963 > I've wondered... was Dove pronounced with one syllable 'duv' like the > bird? Or with 2 syllables 'doe-vay'? > > Geo Hahn |
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