Posted by
Ikester on Thursday, January 06, 2011 5:48:28 PM
It is amazing to see how one person can begin to change an entire industry with the misuse of a word. This word is "motor". If you read car magazines or listen to people speak about automobiles or motorcycles you will hear the word MOTOR used regularly. This is a HUGE error in words.
According to the dictionary, a motor is one that depends on an outside power source such as electricity. This is why an electric motor is so named. On the other hand, an ENGINE is one that produces its own power from internal combustion etc. This makes the auto power source a gasoline ENGINE, NOT a MOTOR! Harley Davidson even has this error in its own name, Harley Davidson Motorcycles. It should be an engine cycle, but that sounds weird, right? Well, it all depends on whether you want to speak intelligently or keep using ignorance in communication.