I may be in for some Rasberries here, but I think it's quite sad how many of our members heap huge amounts of praise on our favourite vehicle, but then insult it by spelling it's name wrong. The way many of them spell it"COOP", it means a pen where you keep Poultry. Don't get me wrong, there is nothing I like more than to get a nice "CHIC" in my car, but I still give it it's correctly spelt name"COUPE"

You may be right ............bur er

Well, if you're going to be like that...

...its Coupé Fiat.

I was thinking of starting a poll, How many people call it a Coupé and how many a Coop I wonder..

Isn't coop the American way?
For the record I always call mine a Coupe. And I have named her as well. She is called Forlani

I always call it Coupe and if I could find the opposite of the symbol ` on the keyboard, I'd use that on the e too

É...é

ééééééééééééééééé there's a few you can borrow

How do you get that on the keyboard then?

got it!! éééééééé Coupé

You learn something new about the coupé every day .

Coop generally is used in fondness - there's nothing insulting about it, quite the opposite.

In the same way you might call your wife, the 'misses' (sp?) etc, or if you had a BMW, you may refer to it as your 'BM' or Mercedes Benz as Merc/Mercedes etc - although 'Benz' IS particularly annoying

Even my mates might say 'hows the coop?'

I guess the accurate way of spelling 'coop' would be 'coup', but that just looks like you've made a spelling mistake & missed the 'e' off. So by using 'coop' it shows that you are using that word specifically, in fondness.

Strange thread BTW

More importantly, and worringly are the people who obviously can't spell or have half a grasp of using the English language. (PS. I bet I've made a spelling error in this post & I'm going to get flamed )

Edit: While we are on the subject, 'Fiat' should actually be 'FIAT' (The title of this whole forum & club name is incorrect - look at the top of this page )

Even the owners club logo is wrong,

You'd think they would know what they were doing

Coop, coop, coop. It's a coop hence it shall be addressed accordingly. Well I have and will certainly!

é... Never knew that...


Just finished designing a load of sighns in welsh and you wouldn't believe how much easier that would have made it...

I thought it was spelt G6UPE

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v605/theresa0666/MyfinishedCoupe4-1.jpg

Sorry Europa, I don't think you have quite understood what I have said. I call my Coupe all sorts of names particularly when it goes wrong, I have even been known to call it a "Fccuk-ing Coupe" But I always spell its name correctly. And I'm sure your Misses does not mind what you call her in a nice way. But I bet she would complain if you did not spell her name right on your Wedding Anniversary card? You do remember it don't you??????

Hi Tartandude, Where do you find Gr on your key board? I don't seem to have it on mine.

Alt Gr is the first key after the space bar on mine. But it is easier to use ctrl (1st kay bottom left) alt (3rd key bottom left) and e to get a é

Using ctrl over on the right (last key on bottom row) and alt and e brings up an msn search window

é's are good, é's are good

Hi came2dance.
Nope! it doesn't work on my key board (2 of them) On one it brings up Google, and the other, Search. But there again, as the water goes the opposite way down the plug hole in NZ as it does in the UK, I guess thats the reason.

Barrah, the difference between 'coupé' and 'coop' is the difference between a formal name and a pet name.

Well, for the literate amongst us. I can't speak for those who just can't spell out there

And alt gr e produces 'e' on this keyboard too, in Linux. I stole one of the bundle kindly placed further upthread

Neil

nooooooo, coop is same as scoopy...etc & i like that name

As pointless threads go, this is right up there.

What's the big deal? Call your car whatever you like.

Jeez.....

I think a certain person from new zealand (who started this thread), is being a devils advocate here.

That trick with the alt, ctrl, alt gr keys doesn't work on my keyboard. It's American, all it wants to do is invade third world countries

Coupé........................dóh!

Ah yes Neil that may well be, but it does not alter the fact that if you spell it "Coop" you are calling it a Hen house.

Still can't get my key boards to print that e

Yes but you're doing it very affectionately

Cut'n'paste the é. That's the only way I can do it

Neil

Tut, Tut, Tut, Hedges. I originaly came from Hertford Shire, but back in my days we all had a sense of Humour....So whats happened to yours?????

"Give that man a dozen eggs".......LOL

Christ... wedding anniversary..... <europa runs down to the shops to get last minute present>

BB - I think I know where you are coming from - do you mean that some people can't pronounce Coupe correctly, and actually say 'coup' - as opposed to 'coup-ay'?

Actually, never mind, I have just realised that I don't care

I used to drive a goof!

Try:
Press down and hold the "Alt" key.
Type 0233 on your number pad.
Release the "Alt" key.

Then you get:
é

Quote:

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The way many of them spell it"COOP", it means a pen where you keep Poultry.

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My coop is known as the chicken coop at work. Don’t know why

Or if you want an alternative option:


Go into Start, Settings, Control Panel, Keyboard, and click on the "Input Locales" tab. Then click on "Add" and select the French(France) option. OK, then OK again will add the French keyboard option. Close the Control Panel.

Then go into the FCCUK Forum web page. In the bottom right hand side of the screen, there is a blue square with the white letters EN. Click on this, and then select FR instead.

Then you can simply use the number 2 on the top row.

Problem is that the letters a, z, q, m and w get moved, as does the comma and the full stop - which is a pain even for us touch typists. This post has taken far too long to write so I will revert to the English Keyboard immediately.

(was discussed previously here- Been done before)

Well I use both coup and coupé.

Coup is an affectionate term , like shortening samantha to sam or matthew or matt. I also call her "Sprint Blue Sally" . I hope that isn't insulting the coupé.

BUT, my mum tells me off if I call it a coup, every time!

"It is called a coupé, not a coop, makes it sound like a chicken coop"

"Sorry mum"

I may be in for some Rasberries (sic) here, but I think it's quite sad how many of our gardeners heap huge amounts of praise on our favourite vehicle, but then insult it by spelling it's name wrong. The way many of them spell it "BARRAH", it means a place in Iraq. Don't get me wrong, there is nothing I like more than to get a nice "CHICKEN" in my vegetable patch, but I still give it it's correctly spelt name "BARROW"

I own a 02tv ifat pouce - does that bother you ?

Ah yes cappo, but it's obviouse that you Poms have forgotten the use of phonetic sounding words, as in BARRAH, and it was the English that invented them for communication reasons. But its not the sound of the word "Coupe" that I questioned, its the way that many people spell it. "Now which part of the spelling of "Coupe is it that "YOU" don't understand"??????

You're really very bored, aren't you. I'm with Cappo.