This looks like a great site. Thanks for sharing it. Did you ever have the opportunity to listen to John Chardi, an etymologist who had a few minutes on NPR every periodically (I don't recall that it was every day, but it may have been), maybe 20 years ago? He had this great monotone, and I loved to listen to him discussing words and their origins.
Regards, Henry S. Winokur 94 GTS1000, AMA, MRF, Nationally Certified Riding Instructor Columbia, MD Ride for Kids Task Force West Bethesda, MD USA -----Original Message----- From: GTS-1000 Owners List [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Mark Bohlman Sent: Thursday, April 04, 2002 11:55 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: Motors vs. Engines--An etymologist's view http://www.wordorigins.org/home.htm This should take care of any confusion Mark >From: Phil Benson >Reply-To: GTS-1000 Owners List >To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >Subject: Re: Motors vs. Engines--An etymologist's view >Date: Thu, 4 Apr 2002 09:20:36 -0700 > >Sorry, Jon.....that's an "entomologist". > >You can eat all the bugs you want, closest I'll get to that is crawfish. > > >"Crisler, Jon" wrote: > > > I thought an etymologist's was a guy who specializes in bugs ?? > > > > Jon "love them chocolate covered grasshoppers" Crisler > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Henry S. Winokur [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > > Sent: Thursday, April 04, 2002 8:15 AM > > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Subject: Motors vs. Engines--An etymologist's view > > > > > It's probablyy more like 180 lbs or so. I remember that the motors in the > > > mid 90's CBR900RR's were about 150 lbs and they were definitely smaller. > > > > I always thought/was told that MOTORS were electric, while ENGINES were > > internal combustion. How come so many of us still call ENGINES MOTORS? And > > did the word "mill" come to be a substitute fro "engine"? > > > > Henry (and George) want to know. > > > > Regards, > > > > Henry S. Winokur > > 94 GTS1000, AMA, MRF, > > Nationally Certified Riding Instructor > > Columbia, MD Ride for Kids Task Force > > West Bethesda, MD USA > > > > The information contained in this e-mail including any attachments may > > constitute Corvis Corporation Proprietary Information that is subject to > > Non-Disclosure Agreement and cannot be disclosed to any other party without > > the express consent of Corvis Corporation. > > If you are neither the intended recipient of this e-mail nor responsible for > > delivering this e-mail to the intended recipient, note that any > > dissemination, distribution, copying, or retention of this e-mail is > > prohibited. > > If you believe you have received this e-mail in error, we request that you > > notify the sender by return e-mail and then delete this e-mail and any > > return e-mail immediately. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- -- Send and receive Hotmail on your mobile device: Click Here
