Are you among the Studebaker cognoscenti?

[BobPalma]

RE: Page 309 of the August 2011 Hemmings Motor News:

Thereon is an unnecessarily-long-winded advertisement for a 1957 Chevrolet Bel-Air hardtop with fuel injection. The car is said to be,

"...known among '57 Chevy Bel Air aficionados and cognoscenti as the fuelie."

Whoa! We're talking about some serious verbiage here; I had to go look that one up:

cognoscente (sigular): a connoisseur.

(Actually, I had sounded it out COG-NO-SCENT-EE and imagined it to be a medical malady where you had such a bad cold that when you changed your differential fluid, you were unable to smell the strong sulphur odor in gear oil! Ah, the hazards of being a gear head.) <GGG> BP

[STEWDI]

Indubedablly! Indoubydabley. Indoobedibly...why certainly!!

AND I have a vintage bottle of "Studebaker at South Bend" Coke (1983 was an excellent year) to prove it!

[DEEPNHOCK]

I've had Studebaker incontinence before..and it was cold out, too...
(in my best Norm Crosby voice)
Jeff

[bezhawk]

Kinda sounds like a Mafia family.....the Cognoscenti......"Like my car, or I'll bust your knee caps"

[comatus]

Could be worse. Keep it up, and you'll end up an aficionado.

Carefully note that in British, it's kawg-no-shent-ee. One would not want to be taken for a Englishter* in B-Burg.

*yep, Mayberry reference...remember the episode?

[raprice]

You guys talk funny!

Rog

[PackardV8]

As some here have already affirmed, '57 Chevy Bel Air and aficionados and cognoscenti when used in the same sentence creates cognitive dissonance.

Let's think of some other examples:

Lite beer aficionados and cognoscenti
Hormel wiener aficionados and cognoscenti
Toyota Camry aficionados and cognoscenti
Twinkies aficionados and cognoscenti
America's Funniest Home Videos aficionados and cognoscenti

Your opinions may vary.

jack vines

[8E45E]

(1983 was an excellent year)

It certainly was! Wasn't it? http://forum.studebakerdriversclub.c...highlight=1971

It also turned out to be the last time I got to see an Avanti being actually manufactured in South Bend.

Craig

[Sdude]

I like it. If I can remember how to spell it, I can refer to myself as a Champion and a C Cab cognoscenti..... Makes me sound important!

[8E45E]

I like it. If I can remember how to spell it, I can refer to myself as a Champion and a C Cab cognoscenti..... Makes me sound important!

You don't have a Cognestoga?

Craig

[warrlaw1]

Sort of like Rectal Glaucoma. I just can't see my a** getting into the office today.

[56H-Y6]

As some here have already affirmed, '57 Chevy Bel Air and aficionados and cognoscenti when used in the same sentence creates cognitive dissonance.

Let's think of some other examples:

Lite beer aficionados and cognoscenti
Hormel wiener aficionados and cognoscenti
Toyota Camry aficionados and cognoscenti
Twinkies aficionados and cognoscenti
America's Funniest Home Videos aficionados and cognoscenti

Your opinions may vary.

jack vines

Hi Jack

Prefectly Stated!

Reserve words such as aficionados and cognoscenti for automobiles that warrant them......such as Packards......Duesenbergs....Pierce-Arrows.......Cumminghams.....Cords.......Locomobiles.....Hispano-Suizas......Mercedes-Benz........Ferraris........Delages........Delahayes.......Rolls-Royces......Bentleys....etc.

Steve

[TomB]

Personally I am sick of seeing '57 Chevys everywhere.

[FlatheadGeo]

Personally, I am not only tired of Chevys; but I hate it when people refer to my 57 Champion as a 57 Chevy!!!!

[jlmccuan]

And you think folks had a hard time with CASO?