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Title: Is it window sill or Window cill??
Post by: davids3511 on July 24, 2007, 01:59:11 pm

Hi

Just getting some leaflets done up and my wife poped her head over my shoulder and queried the spelling of cill/sill. She said sill, I had cill. Which is it?

Thanks

David

Title: Re: Is it window sill or Window cill??
Post by: Alex Gardiner on July 24, 2007, 02:03:32 pm

Your wife's right - it's sill   :)

Mrs A

Title: Re: Is it window sill or Window cill??
Post by: Sir Squeaky on July 24, 2007, 02:10:41 pm

Better say corry to her.

Title: Re: Is it window sill or Window cill??
Post by: davids3511 on July 24, 2007, 02:19:28 pm

Thanks all. I vill apolgise sehr schnell.

Title: Re: Is it window sill or Window cill??
Post by: tacky on July 24, 2007, 08:48:41 pm

silly . its the way i tell um

Title: Re: Is it window sill or Window cill??
Post by: [GQC] Tim on July 25, 2007, 08:32:39 am

Isn't Cill American English?

Title: Re: Is it window sill or Window cill??
Post by: Mr.G on July 25, 2007, 10:29:48 am

It's SILL, but for some unknown reason it gets called CILL on the cleanitup forum- I've often wondered why!

Title: Re: Is it window sill or Window cill??
Post by: AuRavelling79 on July 25, 2007, 11:06:11 am

Oxford English Dictionary

Lists "Cill" as a variation of "Sill"

And for "Sill" it says also ""Cill" especially when referred to by building trades/professions."

So either (which you can pronounce ee-ther or eye-ther  ;D)

Title: Re: Is it window sill or Window cill??
Post by: Sir Squeaky on July 25, 2007, 11:53:46 am

Quote from: Malc(G)old on July 25, 2007, 11:06:11 am

Oxford English Dictionary

Lists "Cill" as a variation of "Sill"

And for "Sill" it says also ""Cill" especially when referred to by building trades/professions."

So either (which you can pronounce ee-ther or eye-ther  ;D)

Smart arse (ass) ;D

Title: Re: Is it window sill or Window cill??
Post by: gordonswindows on July 25, 2007, 01:04:08 pm

It is spelt "LEDGE"

Only joking

Doesn't matter either way as long as they pay your  bill in  lbs.

Title: Re: Is it window sill or Window cill??
Post by: Lizzy on July 25, 2007, 01:21:21 pm

I've always known it to be spelt CILL, but I was in the uPVC industry for many years.   

Title: Re: Is it window sill or Window cill??
Post by: Sir Squeaky on July 25, 2007, 03:46:57 pm

Quote from: Lizzy on July 25, 2007, 01:21:21 pm

I've always known it to be spelt CILL, but I was in the uPVC industry for many years.   

Well they were cilly.


 ;D

Title: Re: Is it window sill or Window cill??
Post by: niceandclean on July 25, 2007, 04:15:55 pm

I was in the window fitting game, and it was always cill for outside and sill for the inside.