Re: wierd miss (carburettor)

[Brian Borgstede <borgstede@umsl.edu>]

>According to Webster, it is carburetor.  But in my Haynes Manuel, it is
>constantly spelled carburettor. As I have always thought that Haynes was
>a US company I would have thought they would use the US spelling.  Maybe
>they know something that Webster
>doesn't.
>
>Joe

I was told that "carburettor" was a French term meaning
"Leave it alone!"


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