johnny quest Posted August 5, 2013 Posted August 5, 2013 JP Magazine's facebook page just posted a pic of a decent looking lime green 92, and asked for people to share the pic of the 'COMMANCHE'. This drives me up the friggin wall....
johnnyc Posted August 5, 2013 Posted August 5, 2013 When I was looking for a 91-92 shortbed MJ, I wasn't having much luck searching on CL for a "Comanche". When I entered "Commanche" in the search bar, up popped the perfect truck in Las Vegas. The ad was a couple weeks old, so I thought there was no way it could possibly still be available. But I called anyways. The lady said she had not received much interest in the truck (probably because of the misspelling). So I'm kinda glad that people misspell Comanche. But yeah, it's a little irritating to see Commanche or Comanchee.
SW86 Posted August 5, 2013 Posted August 5, 2013 I see the double ee on there all the time. I guess their thinking Cherokee when they spell it. What still gets me and just happened to me yesterday, is people calling it a toyota! Its more of a "in person" thing than a internet thing. I just don't get how you can ignore the obvious jeep front end and the huge word JEEP on the tailgate. All I can come up with is they don't know Jeep made a pickup but Toyota did. So they run with it...
HOrnbrod Posted August 5, 2013 Posted August 5, 2013 I'm with Johnny. Sometimes you find super deals for MJs because Comanche is misspelled. Comanche isn't a real popular word with the general population, unless they're aware Jeep actually made a Comanche vehicle or they are familiar with the various native American tribes. Most people are not in either case. Wonder how many people can spell the Paiute or Kumeyaay tribal names correctly..........
Geonovast Posted August 5, 2013 Posted August 5, 2013 Quite a few people think this when they hear Comanche: It's a hard word to spell. I mean, it's not like it's on the side of the vehicle or anything. It really doesn't matter how common of a word it is, when you're trying to sell something(especially a vehicle), you're just flat out lazy if you can't make sure you have the basic details correct.
HOrnbrod Posted August 5, 2013 Posted August 5, 2013 A lot of people are flat-out lazy, and stupid too. And since Comanche is an uncommon word it just compounds the problem.
johnny quest Posted August 5, 2013 Author Posted August 5, 2013 ive gotten some deals too, but i guess my frustration is that is was JP magazine, a publication that focuses solely on Jeeps. oh well, laugh it off
onlyinajeep726 Posted August 5, 2013 Posted August 5, 2013 You guys just sparked an idea. Been looking for MJ parts on CL. I do believe I'm going to enter "Commanche" and "Comanchee" in all of my further searches haha.
johnnyc Posted August 5, 2013 Posted August 5, 2013 Just did a search for "Commanche" on the local CL and came up with three different trucks. No great deals though.
HOrnbrod Posted August 5, 2013 Posted August 5, 2013 You guys just sparked an idea. Been looking for MJ parts on CL. I do believe I'm going to enter "Commanche" and "Comanchee" in all of my further searches haha. Been doing that for years. On Ebay too.
Pete M Posted August 5, 2013 Posted August 5, 2013 favorite misspelling so far was the double M version written in spray paint on an MJ in the junkyard. right under the badge. :D
jimoshel Posted August 6, 2013 Posted August 6, 2013 As long as we're on the subject of misspelling, how about the mis use of same sounding words. Really gripes my cage. Break-brake Wench-winch And a couple more, can;t think of them now.
neohic Posted August 6, 2013 Posted August 6, 2013 As long as we're on the subject of misspelling, how about the mis use of same sounding words. Really gripes my cage. Break-brake Wench-winch And a couple more, can;t think of them now. ... but improper punctuation is okay, Jim? :D
HOrnbrod Posted August 6, 2013 Posted August 6, 2013 Tires - Tars Grill - Grille Manual - Manuel Metal - Mettle
jimoshel Posted August 6, 2013 Posted August 6, 2013 English wasn't my best subject in school. Plus I seem to be forgetting what little I did larn. :hmm:
neohic Posted August 6, 2013 Posted August 6, 2013 English wasn't my best subject in school. Plus I seem to be forgetting what little I did larn. :hmm: Lern? Was taut. :laughin:
Alexia Posted August 6, 2013 Posted August 6, 2013 SWEET. This reminded me of that Craigslist tactic. Which just scored me a NP242 for $100. Yep, entirely unrelated, but it came up in the search. The misspelling has to do with how it is pronounced. People say the syllables "Co"-"Man"-"Che", but the other people hear "Com"-"Man"-"Chee".
mpace6a Posted August 6, 2013 Posted August 6, 2013 I saw charokie on a CL a while back. I saw that once on CL too...also charokey, cherokey, comanchey, etc...must be a missouri thing?
johnny quest Posted August 29, 2013 Author Posted August 29, 2013 just saw on ad for someone selling parts for a 'jeep cherroki'
terrawombat Posted September 4, 2013 Posted September 4, 2013 Go to Searchtempest.com, make sure you select "any" for the keywords and then use this: comanche commanche commanchee comanchee camanche camanchee cammanche cammanchee Been doing that for years - found a lot of otherwise hidden trucks that way.
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