![]() 09/26/2016 at 20:42 • Filed to: hud, heads-up, head-up, lexus | ![]() | ![]() |
Hi Oppo! Can you help me set the record straight?
The official name for this device is “head-up display” (singular), not “heads-up display” (plural, incorrect). As in: keep your head up, and not down looking at the gauges. You only have one head.
Heads-up implies it can give you tips about future events which is not what it’s supposed to do.
I find it annoying when car companies use the wrong term in their official materials.
Opinions?
![]() 09/26/2016 at 20:46 |
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If they’re selling it, they can call it whatever they want. Most of the buyers don’t care, I’m assuming.
![]() 09/26/2016 at 20:47 |
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I’m a buyer and I don’t care.
![]() 09/26/2016 at 20:47 |
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Neither, it is simply pronounced, “hud.” 90s space sims haven’t let me down yet.
![]() 09/26/2016 at 20:48 |
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According to the Oxford English Dictionary, they’re interchangeable.
![]() 09/26/2016 at 20:59 |
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Drivers can keep their heads up with their heads-up display.
I’ve never heard it called a head up display anyway.
![]() 09/26/2016 at 21:22 |
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and to drill deeper, “Heads-up” as an adjective is to show alertness or perceptiveness.
![]() 09/26/2016 at 21:33 |
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Looking at historical usage, it looks like “heads-up display” came into use sometime around 1963, with “head-up display” dating back to 1960 or earlier.
The plural’s wrong, I’d say.
![]() 09/27/2016 at 18:42 |
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Google says “heads- up”
Dictionary say “heads-up”
Which is probably due to the game “heads-up seven up”
The term “head-up” is a sailing term for steering into the wind. That is used to slow down or reef in sails without them being loaded.
So technically it is “heads-up”