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Posted: Sat Dec 15, 2007 5:30 pm Post subject: Spell Check (Off Topic)
Find the spelling error _________________ "TUMBLEWEED"

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Posted: Sat Dec 15, 2007 5:45 pm Post subject: Re: Spell Check (Off Topic)
I think it should be "Material" instead of "Materiel" Must have been an officer who spelled it out... oops, I was an officer ! _________________ The only thing to do when a son-of-a-bitch looks cross-eyed at you is to beat the hell out of him right then and there

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Posted: Sat Dec 15, 2007 5:50 pm
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Mark:

I was initially going to say that 'materiel' was misspelled, but upon looking it up:

dictionary.reference.c...e/materiel

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"maÂ·tÃ©Â·riÂ·el [muh-teer-ee-el] Pronunciation Key â€“noun
1.
the aggregate of things used or needed in any business, undertaking, or operation (distinguished from personnel).
2.
Military. arms, ammunition, and equipment in general.
Also, maÂ·teÂ·riÂ·el."

. . . I changed my mind.

Mark

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Posted: Sat Dec 15, 2007 5:51 pm Post subject: Re: Spell Check (Off Topic)
Negative...it's U.S. Army Materiel Command. I used to work for them at the Armor Board. They use the French derived spelling which is a sort of plural form. In this context, materiel is correct. Wore that patch. www.army.mil/instituti...cture/amc/ Last edited by Doug_Kibbey on Sat Dec 15, 2007 5:52 pm; edited 1 time in total

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Posted: Sat Dec 15, 2007 5:51 pm Post subject: Re: Spell Check (Off Topic)
Well I thought I found it but after checking found I was wrong. I thought 'Materiel' was wrong but it is correct en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Materiel www.army.mil/instituti...cture/amc/ So I don't think there is a spelling error _________________ Bob Smart ([email protected])

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Posted: Sat Dec 15, 2007 6:34 pm Post subject: Re: Spell Check (Off Topic)
I don't know about Buq-Buq. But the two ex enlisted troops got it right and the former officer got it wrong. And to think I washed out of Air Force OTS because of bad spelling and grammar. _________________ Bob Smart ([email protected])

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Posted: Sat Dec 15, 2007 6:48 pm Post subject: Re: Spell Check (Off Topic)
Okay, you guys got me. I to conclusions. Hell, I was a tanker, didn't need to worry about no stinkin spelling, just give me beans, bullets, and benzene! _________________ The only thing to do when a son-of-a-bitch looks cross-eyed at you is to beat the hell out of him right then and there

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Posted: Sat Dec 15, 2007 6:48 pm Post subject: Re: Spell Check (Off Topic)
- bsmart I don't know about Buq-Buq. But the two ex enlisted troops got it right and the former officer got it wrong. And to think I washed out of Air Force OTS because of bad spelling and grammar. I probably have an unfair advantage.

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Posted: Sat Dec 15, 2007 8:40 pm Post subject: Re: Spell Check (Off Topic)
Thanks everyone! Now I feel like an idiot! On Monday the guy who told me about this 'error' will feel like one too! _________________ "TUMBLEWEED"

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Posted: Sat Dec 15, 2007 9:47 pm Post subject: Re: Spell Check (Off Topic)
Y'all wanna check spelling try this: - Oxford Dictionary website www.askoxford.com/ Webster's Dictionary (for you Colonial chappies! ) www.websters-online-dictionary.org/ One need never be embarrassed agin like what I is frequently!!! Regards, BUG

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Posted: Sun Dec 16, 2007 3:53 am Post subject: Re: Spell Check (Off Topic)
Bob: You can add me to that list. I was enlisted too. Mark

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Posted: Sun Dec 16, 2007 4:24 am Post subject: Re: Spell Check (Off Topic)
I didn't get that far. I thought it was TOOELE that was misspelled.

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Posted: Sun Dec 16, 2007 11:20 am Post subject: Re: Spell Check (Off Topic)
Nobody seems to know what it means but it's (roughly) pronounced "Two-'ella". _________________ "TUMBLEWEED"

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Posted: Sun Dec 16, 2007 6:22 pm
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- MarkHolloway

Nobody seems to know what it means but it's (roughly) pronounced
"Two-'ella".

"Tooele County: The exact origin of the name is unknown, though many believe that the name Tooele is from an Indian Chief named Tuilla."

History of Utah County Names

I used to go shooting out there a lot when I worked at the Univerity Hospital. Used to see AH-1 Cobras work out from time to time around Skull Valley.

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