Isnt that the thing that makes it run? Can I callit an 'engline', or is that only for a train? Whats wrong with 'car'?
2007-11-15 09:21:43 · 18 answers · asked by other boy 2 in Cars & Transportation ➔ Other - Cars & Transportation
cause then alexi sayle wouldn't have had a hit with"hello john got a new motor,hello john got a new motor"
2007-11-15 09:31:41 · answer #1 · answered by dodgyspark 4 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Eh???
We call them Cars or Motors
I always say Car but some people I know say Motor
It is you that has a funny name like Automobile
Just easier to say Car or Motor than "Automobile"
And I'm actually quite amazed at how I read your question in the first place
English English or American English that makes no sense
What is an Engline??
2007-11-16 05:49:05 · answer #2 · answered by Madness 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I suspect the root of automobile is German whereas Motor car is English. Even the modern German has been shortened from automobile to auto.
Incidentally Petroleum is petrol as Gasoline is gas, Parafin is kerosene. I have no idea why they language is different other than it our language and your fellow countrymen are too lazy to maintain the language properly. You didn't invent the TAP but you call it a fawcett, you can't pronounce aluminium so instead of speaking correctly you cahnge the word - how ignorant is that?
2007-11-15 17:45:40 · answer #3 · answered by MrClegg 4 · 2⤊ 0⤋
you can call it whatever you want but the English are correct it is a motor car ,why call it an engline what on earth is that ,so come on and admit it we are far Superior to you yanks and we can spell
2007-11-15 17:35:38 · answer #4 · answered by telboy 7 · 2⤊ 1⤋
Because it has always been called a "Motor" car.
Not a thing that moves on its own = auto mobile - that is what automobile means. AUTO = on its own
And we put PETROL or diesel in them to power them and we COOK with gas
And it is not only English - Welsh, Scottish, Irish, English.
2007-11-15 17:31:16 · answer #5 · answered by jjn333 5 · 3⤊ 1⤋
Auto + mobile is French!
Ours started off as Motor - carriage shortened to motor -car then to either 'Motor' or 'Car'.
RoyS
2007-11-16 05:10:24 · answer #6 · answered by Roy S 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
its short for Motor Carriage.
shortened to motor car
and finally to Car.or motor...
Perfectly logical
btw Petrol is a shortened form of Petroleum
Gas is what we use to cook with
where does Automobile come from??
2007-11-15 17:34:33 · answer #7 · answered by DogmaDeleted 5 · 1⤊ 1⤋
I'm english. I call it a car. But that's shortened from motorcar, to be correct. I drive on a motorway. S'pose I should call it a 'way if I drive along it in my 'car!!
2007-11-15 17:38:36 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 3⤊ 0⤋
Its short for motor car, in contrast to horse drawn carriages.
2007-11-15 17:26:09 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 6⤊ 0⤋
Shortened version of Motor Car,,,a car (short for carriage) witha motor in it,,,,,
2007-11-15 17:25:12 · answer #10 · answered by McCanns are guilty 7 · 6⤊ 0⤋