Re: engine vs. motors

[Tom Jennings <tomj@xxxxxxx>]

On Sun, 7 Nov 2004, Ralph Ausmann wrote:

> I always flinched a little when I hear people call an "internal combustion
> engine" a "motor".  

I alternately use 'engine' and 'motor' for effect, usually
the one that sounds the most old-fashioned, especially when
discussing such things with nubile grad students, just to keep
them scared of me.

After all, they're ALL just new-fangled contraptions that

probably don't work, anyways.