I'm The World's Worst Speller, But
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Originally Posted by
Gene East
Konig V Koenig? I have maintained for over 50 years that I saw the name Koenig cast on the crank plate of the first German outboard I ever saw. I've basically been told all these years I was FOS.
Someone please tell me was the name ever spelled with an e?? I understand umlat. Let's not go there.
If I am FOS, I'm sure someone has some castor oil available.
I wasn't much of a student as a kid, I spelled "EGG", "AEG". My mom could spell ever work in the dictionary, upside down and backward. Then, as a teacher for 38 years, I saw every word in the entire world spelled wrong some many times, I often thought I was wrong.
To this day I spell Koenig...then I check via Google, and it shows Konig. The first Koenigs/Konigs I ever saw were Marcel Bellville's when he moved to California from Canada.
I think the crank plates said "KOENIG". Somewhere I have Marcel's phone number. FYI: Marcel's daughter graduatd FSU and is now a Captain for Delta Airlines.
I should add: I never was much of a student....when you could drin and chase women, why would you study?