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Re: Weird TR250 hard top

To: "Geo Hahn" <ahwahnee@cybertrails.com>, "TR" <triumphs@Autox.Team.Net>
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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