Originally Posted by
bazil4696
And the word "tire" isn't spelled "tyre"
Well that depends if you’re speaking or writing in English or American English.
Tyre is the correct spelling in English and most forms of international English where as Tire is mostly a North American and Canadian spelling.
It’s not wrong if it’s the correct spelling for the nationality or location of the poster.
This applies to numerous other words too, I’m not even going to dare bring up how I tire of the fact that US bikes get made from Aluminum and European and Asian ones get made from Aluminium, even if they are painted nice colours...Oops! ;-)