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Re: Concours/Concourse

To: "Jim Hill" <Jim_Hill@chsra.wisc.edu>, "'Triumphs Mail List'" <triumphs@Autox.Team.Net>, "'Vintage Triumph Register (VTR)'" <vtr@Autox.Team.Net>
Subject: Re: Concours/Concourse
From: "Keith R. Stewart" <kstewart@wwdc.com>
Date: Mon, 21 Dec 1998 18:15:02 -0500
Reply-to: "Keith R. Stewart" <kstewart@wwdc.com>
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> From: Jim Hill <Jim_Hill@chsra.wisc.edu>
> To: 'Triumphs Mail List' <triumphs@autox.team.net>; 'Vintage Triumph
Register (VTR)' <vtr@autox.team.net>
> Subject: Concours/Concourse
> Date: Monday, December 21, 1998 5:48 PM
> 
> So is it "concourse" or "concours"?
> >From the on-line Merriam-Webster's Collegiate=AE Dictionary
> (http://www.eb.com:180/):=20
> concours d'elegance n [F concours d'elegance, lit., competition of =
> elegance]
> (1950): a show or contest of vehicles and accessories in which the =
> entries
> are judged chiefly on excellence of appearance and turnout=20
> And if you said "concours", then why can't I find that word alone, or =
> in
> several other dictionaries at all? (American Heritage, for one)
> Jim Hill
> Madison WI
Because 'Concours d'elegance' is the correct term. Concours is just a
'slang' abbreviation for the 'concours d'elegance'. Check out the
advertisements for Pebble Beach and other such competitions.
Cheers and seasons greetings
Keith Stewart

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