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To: british-cars@autox.team.net
Subject: Motor er.. Engine er.. Motor er.. Engine
From: Jody Levine <tr7@io.org>
Date: Wed, 26 Oct 1994 16:41:52 -0400 (EDT)
>From meboe@wsuaix.csc.wsu.edu Wed Oct 26 16:30:56 1994

Oh, BTW, congrats!

> On Wed, 26 Oct 1994, Vern Klukas wrote:
> > >From Chip Old:
> > 
> > >> Well, if you want to pick nits, "motor" is used correctly only...
> > So ya wanta pick nits, eh? Nit wise...
> > engine is self-contained, a so-called "prime mover." 

> Being both a motorhead (Enginehead?), and also being among engineers, (a 
> group who is always right), 

The prime mover is the thing that pushes on the pistons or turbine, that
being steam, water, expanding air/fuel, etc. So nyah.

>       In other words, no one really cares.

True.

Jody


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