2007-05-04 11:59:32 · 13 answers · asked by (A) 7 in Cars & Transportation ➔ Motorcycles
You won't keep friends long if you constantly split hairs. Technically, you are right. But, then, why do we call the tool a wrench, when in physics, the only tool that creates the physical action known as wrenching is a screwdriver? So, do we start calling everyone a jackass because they call a screwdriver a screwdriver? Are you going to start calling a screwdriver a wrench? Then, what do you want to start calling a wrench? Or, we could just all be British for the weekend and start calling them "spanners" (what the bloody 'ell they "span", I have no idea).
Common nomenclature is just that - we use a generic term or phrase, and (most of the time) everyone understands what we mean. By the previous logic, I hope you are not referring to all tissue as Kleenex, since Kleenex is a brand name.
And we could go on and on. Just let it go.
2007-05-04 12:17:24 · answer #1 · answered by Michael B 2 · 3⤊ 0⤋
Did GM started out as an electric motor company??
2007-05-04 18:52:43 · answer #2 · answered by Kmax 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Why is Detroit called the motor city?
2007-05-04 13:25:01 · answer #3 · answered by renpen 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
This one has kinda bugged me in the past as well. In general, while not correct, most people take motor and engine to mean the same thing.
2007-05-04 12:04:15 · answer #4 · answered by toso13 4 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Detroit is called motor city because many of the big car companies had there manufacturing plants there.
2007-05-04 17:24:27 · answer #5 · answered by Alex H 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Because gas engines are motors. You are confused by common usage.
2007-05-04 18:58:15 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 2⤋
"Motor"cycle. A bicycle with a motor.
"Motor" car. An automobile
"Motor" vehicle.
Hydraulic "motor"
Pneumatic "motor"
Dictionary meaning of motor:
A machine or device that converts any form of energy into mechanical energy, or imparts motion.
( Impart - to pass on; transmit: imparts forward motion )
2007-05-04 12:37:24 · answer #7 · answered by guardrailjim 7 · 5⤊ 0⤋
Don't get lost in the nomenclature theres no industry standard, and build your engine into a race motor.
2007-05-04 12:03:08 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋
Next time I go for a ride on my enginecycle I'll ask my riding buddies.
Maybe when I go to the shop to pick up a few qts. of engine oil they can tell me.
2007-05-04 12:34:49 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Because they have problems with the language. Just as bad as when people say something gets totally (?) decimated, when they should use annihilated.
2007-05-04 12:07:41 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 1⤋