cills or sills????

[pauljmcnulty]

Simple question, but I don't want to look a tw1t if I ask for help in the PP.....[&:]

Are those long rusty things down the side of our cars cills or sills?

There may be a prize for the most sensible answer.

 

[Riverside]

Either is fine but if you type Cill into google it asks if you meant Sill []

 

[John Sims]

Well Mr McN'

Assuming they are the same things as what goes on the bottom of a door or window frame (which seems to make sense) they would be cills.

If the belonged to someone called Silvia they might be referred to as Sil's.

I have no idea what a sill is though.

 

[drummerboytom]

Sills .
The same as goes on the bottom of door and window frames !
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[rajagger]

An interesting question Paul. As an Architect I come across a few of these type of words. For example is it Lintol or Lintel? In your example I always call it a cill, but then I guess it depends on where you come from. The Americans have a lot to answer for when it comes to spelling and language!

Richard.

 

[cococola]

Try rusty sills on google and it comes up with Datsun owners club...ITS TRUE!![]

 

[Guest]

I call them sills [8|]

 

[Fred Hindle]

In architecture, a sill is the bottom edge of a window or door.

In construction, a sill is the bottom horizontal member of a wall or building to which vertical members are attached.

As far as vehicles are concerned a sill is part of the vehicle body which you forget to wash and eventually you can poke a hole in it. For purposes of the MOT test these holes can be covered over with aluminium foil and body filler. This is then painted with underseal. [][]

 

[cococola]

Car sills are also known as the things you save up lots of money to repair later on![][]

 

[944psi]

... Or just poke holes in.

It's sills for me too - whatever state they're in!

 

[rob.kellock]

Sill is correct. Cill is not (but it may be a variation of spelling in American English!). Both evading rust surprisingly well on my 944! Well, on the surface anyway...

 

[cococola]

WOW....I think those are just about shot![]

 

[John Sims]

ORIGINAL: Fred Hindle

In architecture, a sill is the bottom edge of a window or door.

In construction, a sill is the bottom horizontal member of a wall or building to which vertical members are attached.

In my 25 years in the industry I've always dealt with cills.

 

[Guest]

sill

 

[Guest]

according to the dictionary John , incorrectly sir!!
But they do say you learn somnething new everyday.
They are indeed sills. Cills are things that probably belong to Cilla!
I have taken this definition and spelling from a friend who read English at Magdelene College
Cambridge. He even had to take advice on it!
The yanks unfortunately cannot spell. They forgot the minute the pilgrim father left the shores![]

 

[pauljmcnulty]

what have I started.....[8|]

 

[tiptop topcat]

ORIGINAL: John Sims

ORIGINAL: Fred Hindle

In architecture, a sill is the bottom edge of a window or door.

In construction, a sill is the bottom horizontal member of a wall or building to which vertical members are attached.

In my 25 years in the industry I've always dealt with cills.

Ah but that was when we called spell!

cill

 

[skendrick]

I agree with Richard, I'm head of technical for an Architects practice and it's always been cill, your spell check will say it's wrong but that's because it's American.

 

[mik_ok]

No but I say Po-tay-toh. []

Can we have a thread about Break Pads? []

 

[333pg333]

I always thought of 'window sills' but sometimes we use a word phonetically without really thinking of how it's spelt and have little cause to write it down save for threads like this.[][][] Unfortuanately we have to recognise language as an ever shifting organic entity and one which is changing faster than ever nowdays.