Fabrux Posted May 16, 2013 Share Posted May 16, 2013 I have seen kits from various manufacturers with the spelling dooley, dualie, and duallie, but there never seems to be a consensus. Wiktionary only has a listing for dualie with one 'l' but I usually see/use dually the most. Thoughts? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mistermodel Posted May 16, 2013 Share Posted May 16, 2013 Duelly makes the most sense to me, as its only a nick name don't worry about it . The auto company's sell duel wheel pick up trucks, not duelies. Big rigs have duel ,or super single rear wheels. Tires have weight ratings stamped on the sides in either single or duel ratings, not duellie ratings Dooley is a great butterscotch liquor Duel lie is how auto spell spells it. LOL. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Evilbenny Posted May 16, 2013 Share Posted May 16, 2013 I vote for Dually as the addopted vernacular on the forum. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fabrux Posted May 16, 2013 Author Share Posted May 16, 2013 ^I second that notion. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kalbert Posted May 16, 2013 Share Posted May 16, 2013 (edited) I believe the least eye gouging one to look at is "dually" and it is actually a word. According to Merriam-Webster it's the adverb form of dual, though calling something a dually would not be correct at all. "That is a dually truck" is not correct vs "That truck has rear tires mounted dually" or "That truck has dually mounted tires" are. Calling them a "dualie" follows same structure as with the fuel injection slang "fuelie", so in the wild world of slang vernacular that may be considered correct. It would never be duelly or deulie, it's not slang for dueling pistols or pirates. I do not know what a dooly is and reading the definition I'm still not sure but it's definitely not a dual rear wheel truck. Dooley doesn't seem to be anything at all according to the dictionary people. I believe for a while in the late 70's and 80's GM called those 3+3 things "Big Dooley" though. Edited May 16, 2013 by kalbert Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
378DRIVER Posted May 16, 2013 Share Posted May 16, 2013 The correct way to spell it is............"C-O-O-L"!!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tom Geiger Posted May 17, 2013 Share Posted May 17, 2013 Could any of the spellings be trademarks? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Danno Posted May 17, 2013 Share Posted May 17, 2013 Duelly makes the most sense to me, as its only a nick name don't worry about it . The auto company's sell duel wheel pick up trucks, not duelies. Big rigs have duel ,or super single rear wheels. Tires have weight ratings stamped on the sides in either single or duel ratings, not duellie ratings Dooley is a great butterscotch liquor Duel lie is how auto spell spells it. LOL. Duel, duelly, duellie, duelie: none anywhere close to correct. "Duel" is a conflict or combat, such as dueling with pistols at 40 paces. The correct term for paired wheels/tires is "dual." Thus, a truck with paired rear wheels/tires would be referred to as a dually or duallie, depending on the manufacturer's choice as both are slang words. "Duel" is not correct. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rctruk Posted May 18, 2013 Share Posted May 18, 2013 lol... I always thought dooly was slang for an outhouse. I'll go with dually Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
southpier Posted May 18, 2013 Share Posted May 18, 2013 this tells the real story: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike77 Posted May 18, 2013 Share Posted May 18, 2013 (edited) Duel, duelly, duellie, duelie: none anywhere close to correct. "Duel" is a conflict or combat, such as dueling with pistols at 40 paces. The correct term for paired wheels/tires is "dual." Thus, a truck with paired rear wheels/tires would be referred to as a dually or duallie, depending on the manufacturer's choice as both are slang words. "Duel" is not correct. Agreed. I've never in my life even seen it spelled "duelly". However, if Dennis Weaver had a dually pickup instead of a Plymouth Valiant maybe Spielberg could've called the movie Duelly. But then it wouldn't have been much of a duel. Edited May 18, 2013 by Mike77 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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