Just making an observation: I did a search for "reticule" and came up with 200 hits; "turrent" got 71 hits.
I can kind of understand spelling reticle: reticule because according to Webster a reticule can mean reticle. Sort of like spelling color: colour.
<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Quote:</div><div class="ubbcode-body">Main Entry: ret·i·cule
Pronunciation: \ˈre-ti-ˌkyül\
Function: noun
Etymology: French réticule, from Latin reticulum small net, mesh bag, from diminutive of rete net
Date: circa 1738
1 : reticle
2 : a woman's drawstring bag used especially as a carryall
Main Entry: ret·i·cle
Pronunciation: \ˈre-ti-kəl\
Function: noun
Etymology: Latin reticulum small net
Date: circa 1731
: a scale on transparent material (as in an optical instrument) used especially for measuring or aiming</div></div>
...but turrent isn't a word.
<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Quote:</div><div class="ubbcode-body">Main Entry: tur·ret
Pronunciation: \ˈtər-ət, ˈtə-rət, ˈtu̇r-ət\
Function: noun
Etymology: Middle English touret, from Anglo-French turette, tourette, diminutive of tur, tour tower — more at tower
Date: 14th century
1 : a little tower; specifically : an ornamental structure at an angle of a larger structure
2 a : a pivoted and revolvable holder in a machine tool b : a device (as on a microscope or a television camera) holding several lenses
3 a : a tall building usually moved on wheels and formerly used for carrying soldiers and equipment for breaching or scaling a wall b (1) : a gunner's fixed or movable enclosure in an airplane (2) : a revolving armored structure on a warship that protects one or more guns mounted within it (3) : a similar upper structure usually for one gun on a tank
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I just find it funny that in a group that strives for consistency and attention to detail that we are boogering (is that a word?) up the spelling of two simple words. A guy will go on for hours about the intricacies and trigonometry of mil-radians vs. minutes of angle, but not even spell the friggin' (definitely a word) words correctly.
Not bashing on anyone, I just thought this might make a fun topic for conversation.
I can kind of understand spelling reticle: reticule because according to Webster a reticule can mean reticle. Sort of like spelling color: colour.
<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Quote:</div><div class="ubbcode-body">Main Entry: ret·i·cule
Pronunciation: \ˈre-ti-ˌkyül\
Function: noun
Etymology: French réticule, from Latin reticulum small net, mesh bag, from diminutive of rete net
Date: circa 1738
1 : reticle
2 : a woman's drawstring bag used especially as a carryall
Main Entry: ret·i·cle
Pronunciation: \ˈre-ti-kəl\
Function: noun
Etymology: Latin reticulum small net
Date: circa 1731
: a scale on transparent material (as in an optical instrument) used especially for measuring or aiming</div></div>
...but turrent isn't a word.
<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Quote:</div><div class="ubbcode-body">Main Entry: tur·ret
Pronunciation: \ˈtər-ət, ˈtə-rət, ˈtu̇r-ət\
Function: noun
Etymology: Middle English touret, from Anglo-French turette, tourette, diminutive of tur, tour tower — more at tower
Date: 14th century
1 : a little tower; specifically : an ornamental structure at an angle of a larger structure
2 a : a pivoted and revolvable holder in a machine tool b : a device (as on a microscope or a television camera) holding several lenses
3 a : a tall building usually moved on wheels and formerly used for carrying soldiers and equipment for breaching or scaling a wall b (1) : a gunner's fixed or movable enclosure in an airplane (2) : a revolving armored structure on a warship that protects one or more guns mounted within it (3) : a similar upper structure usually for one gun on a tank
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I just find it funny that in a group that strives for consistency and attention to detail that we are boogering (is that a word?) up the spelling of two simple words. A guy will go on for hours about the intricacies and trigonometry of mil-radians vs. minutes of angle, but not even spell the friggin' (definitely a word) words correctly.
Not bashing on anyone, I just thought this might make a fun topic for conversation.
