OK Look up Gran Prix in Google and you get both spellings. (and Gran
Prix on the F1 web site)
Granted the "Gran Prix" raceway in Talledaga has little to no
resemblence to an F1 venue ;-)
Larry
On Nov 30, 2005, at 00:09 AM, MICHAEL CARPENTER wrote:
> This has been an interesting topic. I just thought that I would
> add that the individual races were actually Grand Epreuve. I know
> that I misspelled the "E" word. Oh well, there is not a french
> bone in my body. A german one and a scottish one but no french ;^)).
>
> Mike C
> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Jacques Le Clainche"
> <hobbycars@cox.net>
> To: <spridgets@autox.team.net>
> Sent: Tuesday, November 29, 2005 10:30 PM
> Subject: RE: Misspelling and Frogs
>
>
>> Jim wrote: Having been around the "Grans Prix" in Europe
>> throughout the late
>> 60s and having watched Ford and the GT40s kick Ferarri a$$ at
>> "Le Mans", I can assure that they are both French words (not that
>> I have any great love for the Frogs) and are correctly spelled in
>> this paragraph.
>> ---------------------------------------------------------------------
>> ---
>> Nope!... It's Grand Prix, meaning the top prize in any competition
>> - Grand
>> Prix, then Prix d'honneur, etc, were given for clocks, wines, etc!
>>
>> By the way, I was there in the 60s too - and I lived not far from
>> Le Mans.
>>
>> Jacques Le Clainche, ex-Frog.
>
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