What The Hell Is A Gage
06-01-2004, 02:54 PM
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What The Hell Is A Gage I was driving my car today and was almost out of gas, and a red light came on that said "Check Gages". What the hell is a gage? 
06-01-2004, 03:19 PM
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Actually it doesn't have anything to do with Canadians - it has to do with Engineers. Since the engineering profession can't spell worth a damn and uses the word gage more than anybody else (oh - just so nobody gets offended I'm an engineer myself), it has worked into the dictionary as the alternate spelling.
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from dictionary.com:
gauge also gage n.
A standard or scale of measurement.
A standard dimension, quantity, or capacity.
An instrument for measuring or testing.
A means of estimating or evaluating; a test: a gauge of character. See Synonyms at standard.
Nautical. The position of a vessel in relation to another vessel and the wind.
The distance between the two rails of a railroad.
The distance between two wheels on an axle.
The interior diameter of a shotgun barrel as determined by the number of lead ***** of a size exactly fitting the barrel that are required to make one pound. Often used in combination: a 12-gauge shotgun.
The amount of plaster of Paris combined with common plaster to speed setting of the mixture.
Thickness or diameter, as of sheet metal or wire.
The fineness of knitted cloth as determined by the number of loops per 1 1/2 inches.
tr.v. gauged, also gaged gaug·ing, gag·ing gaug·es, gag·es
To measure precisely.
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from dictionary.com:
gauge also gage n.
A standard or scale of measurement.
A standard dimension, quantity, or capacity.
An instrument for measuring or testing.
A means of estimating or evaluating; a test: a gauge of character. See Synonyms at standard.
Nautical. The position of a vessel in relation to another vessel and the wind.
The distance between the two rails of a railroad.
The distance between two wheels on an axle.
The interior diameter of a shotgun barrel as determined by the number of lead ***** of a size exactly fitting the barrel that are required to make one pound. Often used in combination: a 12-gauge shotgun.
The amount of plaster of Paris combined with common plaster to speed setting of the mixture.
Thickness or diameter, as of sheet metal or wire.
The fineness of knitted cloth as determined by the number of loops per 1 1/2 inches.
tr.v. gauged, also gaged gaug·ing, gag·ing gaug·es, gag·es
To measure precisely.
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06-01-2004, 07:16 PM
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Originally Posted by Colonel
"Gage" is an exceptable spelling of the word. Look it up. 
Originally Posted by ta12sec
"exceptable" is that an acceptable spelling?
haha quoted for the funnay
06-01-2004, 07:28 PM
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Originally Posted by ta12sec
"exceptable" is that an acceptable spelling?
(I was jest whondering if anywon wood commint.)
06-01-2004, 10:47 PM
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you now its funny, that light has gone off a few times on my car, and i never noticed the spelling until i read this post. i actually went outside to check it just now too, lol
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Originally Posted by Turo
you now its funny, that light has gone off a few times on my car, and i never noticed the spelling until i read this post. i actually went outside to check it just now too, lol
