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.