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Originally Posted by gtospieg
How about "motor"? A motor is electric our cars have ENGINES. Every single car show says motor motor motor.
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No, this is like a Man Woman thing or like one of those racial slurs that can only be made by one race, but not another race.
So there can be a engine that's called a motor, but you can never call a electric motor a electric engine. The only engine that you can't call a motor is a steam engine. Apparently a steam external combustion is free of prejudice, however a rocket engine is in the dog house with the guy who has a motor of a wife.
