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Why do they call cars "automobiles"?
Posted on 12/12/14 at 11:39 am
Posted on 12/12/14 at 11:39 am
I understand if it was automatic but for manual cars it doesn't make much sense. Wouldn't it be called a manumobile? Just some food for thought.
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Posted on 12/12/14 at 11:40 am to Macintosh504
So, you think the "auto" is only in reference to the transmission?
This is a stupid thread.
This is a stupid thread.
Posted on 12/12/14 at 11:40 am to Boudreaux35
quote:
So, you think the "auto" is only in reference to the transmission?
This is a stupid thread.
Posted on 12/12/14 at 11:41 am to Macintosh504
Think about "movies"...
Posted on 12/12/14 at 11:41 am to Macintosh504
quote:You're one of the biggest retards on this site.
Macintosh504
Like, I picture you needing help functioning in some situations.
Posted on 12/12/14 at 11:41 am to yankeeundercover
quote:
Think about "movies"...
I, for one, still refer to them as "talkies."
Posted on 12/12/14 at 11:41 am to Macintosh504
You gotta be shittin me...
Posted on 12/12/14 at 11:43 am to Macintosh504
Great question, Mac
I don't have the answer to that right now. But does anyone in here know why Queefs are called Queefs?
I don't have the answer to that right now. But does anyone in here know why Queefs are called Queefs?
Posted on 12/12/14 at 11:43 am to Macintosh504
I've never heard of a horseless carriage being referred to as an "automobile". Link?
Posted on 12/12/14 at 11:43 am to Macintosh504
Are you seriously asking this question?
Posted on 12/12/14 at 11:44 am to Boudreaux35
I don't see any other reasoning as to why they would call it auto other than transmission
Posted on 12/12/14 at 11:44 am to Darth_Vader
Since the lego thread went away......
quote:-Author Unknown
Are you seriously asking this question?
Posted on 12/12/14 at 11:45 am to Macintosh504
I believe it means self-moving. As in it has it's own source of propulsion, an engine... and it does not need an external mover, such as a horse.
Posted on 12/12/14 at 11:45 am to terd ferguson
Well does a human not count as the mover?
Posted on 12/12/14 at 11:45 am to LucasP
Thank you.
Posted on 12/12/14 at 11:46 am to Macintosh504
automobile (n.)
"self-propelled motor vehicle," 1895, from French automobile, short for véhicule automobile (see automobile (adj.)). The modern Greek calls it autokineto "moved of itself." The French word had competition in the early years from locomobile; in English other early forms were motorcar and autocar. An electrical car was an electromobile (1899).
"self-propelled motor vehicle," 1895, from French automobile, short for véhicule automobile (see automobile (adj.)). The modern Greek calls it autokineto "moved of itself." The French word had competition in the early years from locomobile; in English other early forms were motorcar and autocar. An electrical car was an electromobile (1899).
Posted on 12/12/14 at 11:46 am to Macintosh504
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Well does a human not count as the mover?
Seriously? The human is not moving the car. The engine is moving the car.
A human propelled car would be seen in The Flintstones.
This post was edited on 12/12/14 at 11:47 am
Posted on 12/12/14 at 11:46 am to Macintosh504
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I don't see any other reasoning as to why they would call it auto other than transmission
Nothing else relating to the way a car functions could be considered automatic?
Posted on 12/12/14 at 11:46 am to Macintosh504
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Posted by Macintosh504
Well does a human not count as the mover?
Only if he's driving Fred Flintstone's car.
Posted on 12/12/14 at 11:46 am to Darth_Vader
De nada.
Well this thread is fricking retarded, anyone care to highjack it with a nonsensical argument?
Well this thread is fricking retarded, anyone care to highjack it with a nonsensical argument?
This post was edited on 12/12/14 at 11:48 am
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