Tyer or Tier

[sagefisher]

Just looking for opinions:

Which spelling do you prefer:

1. The more modern version 'Tier'

2. The old time or historic version 'Tyer'

Just asking.

Larry ---sagefisher---

[ScottP]

The word "tier" also means level, layer or row of something, so using Tyer would be much less confusing? Also, I don't think the letter "y" gets nearly enough usage so I'll go with "Tyer"

Regards,
Scott

[narcodog]

I'll go with tyer..

[ohiotuber]

Larry,
I once asked myself the same question & I looked at it as Scott has regarding other usage of "tier", so I also use "tyer".
Mike

[Eric-WD]

being a third tier tyer, I go with tyer when I think about it.

Eric

[Ron Eagle Elk]

Being a dresser of old style flies, I most often use tyer.

REE

[hap]

As an editor and writer I find tyer less confusing and believe strongly the job of the writer is to communicate without confusion.

[NJTroutbum]

Tyer. It just doesn't even feel right typing the other version.

[Allan]

When I think about it, I use tyer because it's less confusing to me. Here's why or rather I ask why: Why is 'tier', as in a level (I live in the southern tier of NY), pronounced differently than 'tier' as in fly tier/tyer?

Allan

[kelkay]

I like tyer best, but have typed it tier too.