It's MOpar and MOtown

Posted by Sherman in Idaho [24.32.202.166] on Monday, February 25, 2013 at 20:38:54 :

In Reply to: Re: Nice Looking Truck In WA For Sale posted by Chris H in Wa st. [67.142.167.23] on Monday, February 25, 2013 at 15:25:17 :

Not ENpar and ENtown. And then there are MOTOR sports like they run on the Indianapolis MOTOR speedway.

Really, "motor" and "engine" are both fine for the device that propels a MOTOR vehicle. For electric, it's always "motor" and never "engine", and for steam it's always "engine" and never "motor", but for internal combustion it can be either one and nobody is wrong.

Underground, a "motor" is a small locomotive that pulls ore cars around on tracks. It could have an air motor or an electric motor in it, but the whole machine is called a "motor" and the guy who runs it is a motor man.

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• Re: It's MOpar and MOtown - Dave 23:27:29 02/25/2013
  • Re: It's MOpar and MOtown - Sherman in Idaho 00:48:12 02/26/2013
    • Re: It's MOpar and MOtown - Chris Olson 03:17:08 02/27/2013
      • Re: It's MOpar and MOtown - Sherman in Idaho 19:08:30 02/27/2013
        • Re: It's MOpar and MOtown - Todd Somers 20:29:08 03/01/2013

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