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Bivy, Bivi, Bivvy or what
« on: January 05, 2011 »
How do you spell it ffs.
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Re: Bivy, Bivi, Bivvy or what
« Reply #1 on: January 05, 2011 »
Quote from: RedLeader on January 05, 2011
How do you spell it ffs.

That's a bloody good question I would like an answer to ??? , all the fishing ones seem to be bivvy but they look like a tent with one side missing
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Re: Bivy, Bivi, Bivvy or what
« Reply #2 on: January 05, 2011 »
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Re: Bivy, Bivi, Bivvy or what
« Reply #3 on: January 05, 2011 »
It just says all of them. What do we use locally.

Quote from: 666_pack on January 05, 2011
see here.....

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bivouac_sack ;)
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Re: Bivy, Bivi, Bivvy or what
« Reply #4 on: January 05, 2011 »
I think Ronald Turnbull's book is "The Book of the Bivvy" so I've always just taken my spelling from that.  Although seeing all the variations are just shortened versions of Bivouac then perhaps there is no right or wrong answer...

Ronald knows best ;)
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Re: Bivy, Bivi, Bivvy or what
« Reply #5 on: January 05, 2011 »
Bivvy is the most common spelling I've come across... so much so that it is only relatively recently that I've seen the other spellings.
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Re: Bivy, Bivi, Bivvy or what
« Reply #6 on: January 05, 2011 »
If in doubt, listen to Ronald has served me well so I'll take his word for it.

So Bivvy but what about Bivvyed Bivvying - they just look wrong.
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Re: Bivy, Bivi, Bivvy or what
« Reply #7 on: January 05, 2011 »
Quote from: suspectmonkey on January 05, 2011
I think Ronald Turnbull's book is "The Book of the Bivvy" so I've always just taken my spelling from that.  Although seeing all the variations are just shortened versions of Bivouac then perhaps there is no right or wrong answer...

Anything is better than trying to pronounce that ???
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Re: Bivy, Bivi, Bivvy or what
« Reply #8 on: January 05, 2011 »
I just use a different spelling each time. 

It's easier to please some people most of the time than everybody all of the time!!!

We could just use bivouac from now on.  "Any one fancy a summit bivouac next weekend" lol  ;D

Vase, Vase, Vase
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Re: Bivy, Bivi, Bivvy or what
« Reply #9 on: January 05, 2011 »
Quote from: Dowser on January 05, 2011
Vase, Vase, Vase

Well 2 of those are just plain spelled wrong :P
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Re: Bivy, Bivi, Bivvy or what
« Reply #10 on: January 05, 2011 »
Quote from: RedLeader on January 05, 2011
Quote from: Dowser on January 05, 2011
Vase, Vase, Vase

Well 2 of those are just plain spelled wrong :P

Spelt  ::)
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Re: Bivy, Bivi, Bivvy or what
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Re: Bivy, Bivi, Bivvy or what
« Reply #12 on: January 06, 2011 »
and just to confuse matters this is also a bivouac  ???



http://www.campingaz.com/uk/p-22993-bivouac174.aspx

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