Re: Apalled at spelling of Pawl!

[Chris Sweetapple <Highwood@domain.elided>]

Message text written by "John Fielding"
>>couldn't resist this one.  The item you are referring to is actually
spelt
pawl.

A pall is a cover spread over a coffin (pall-bearers etc), the horological
correct spelling of the semi-toothed quadrant which the detent engages with
is pawl.

Just thought you would like to know.<<

Hi John,

I do know how to spell "pawl", the incorrect spelling was a copy of what
someone else had written.  It could of course be that our American friends
spell it differently as with tyre/tire, grey/gray, kerb/curb,
neighbour/neighbor etc.

Chris Sweetapple
Highwood Motor Company
Swansea, U.K.
www.highwoodalfa.com

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