somepeteguy 586 Posted August 14, 2015 Report Share Posted August 14, 2015 That was kind of a nerve wracking tow. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
The Donfather 4,380 Posted August 14, 2015 Report Share Posted August 14, 2015 That's all kinds of bad. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
MidnightMax 3,063 Posted August 14, 2015 Report Share Posted August 14, 2015 Looks very familiar Quote Link to post Share on other sites
somepeteguy 586 Posted August 14, 2015 Author Report Share Posted August 14, 2015 On the bright side, I knew I had spun a bearing and had to strap up to get it to the dealer. The last time this happened I was on a bridge when the bearing flamed out and ended up roasting the spindle which required a full axle replacement. Hopefully this time it's just new bearings vs a new axle. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Smokinjo 180 Posted August 15, 2015 Report Share Posted August 15, 2015 Nerve-racking In the phrasal adjective nerve-racking, rack is again used in the sense meaning to torture. Something that is nerve-racking tortures the nerves or figuratively stretches them. Wrack, again, makes some sense, though. We can think of nerve-wracking as meaning wrecking the nerves instead of torturing the nerves, in which case the spelling is perfectly justifiable. But this doesn’t change the fact that nerve-racking is the original form, the more common one, and the one that is generally preferred in edited writing, for what that’s worth. SkySki, Mucker626 and Aquaddiction 3 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
somepeteguy 586 Posted August 15, 2015 Author Report Share Posted August 15, 2015 Nerve-racking In the phrasal adjective nerve-racking, rack is again used in the sense meaning to torture. Something that is nerve-racking tortures the nerves or figuratively stretches them. Wrack, again, makes some sense, though. We can think of nerve-wracking as meaning wrecking the nerves instead of torturing the nerves, in which case the spelling is perfectly justifiable. But this doesn’t change the fact that nerve-racking is the original form, the more common one, and the one that is generally preferred in edited writing, for what that’s worth. Nice. Next up - have someone Google "colloquial" and then have them help you ponder your confusion. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Smokinjo 180 Posted August 16, 2015 Report Share Posted August 16, 2015 What's wrong? No sense of humor for your own form of crap? dobber and SkySki 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
somepeteguy 586 Posted August 16, 2015 Author Report Share Posted August 16, 2015 What's wrong? No sense of humor for your own form of crap? Nothing is wrong at all. You just continue to be confused babe. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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