Hilariously misapplied car terminology...

dean1484 said:

Since I can not spell my way out of a dictionary I polity take the fifth on this subject. 

If I can understand what the person is trying to convey, grammer and spelling doesn't bother me. Pretty sure the English language was written by grammar Nazis so they would have something to bitch about.

And its floorboards. 

@JoeTR6 happy memory bring I you, glad I.

My wife is one of the smartest people I know and has a PhD, but doesn't know jack about cars. It doesn't help that her stepfather was Hungarian and didn't completely grasp the English language.  Sometimes it takes a little while to translate what she is saying, especially when it comes to cars.

JoeTR6 (Forum Supporter) said:

Tom1200 said:

Words type order out of, sentence in, comprehended still, pedant not be.

Term quite right not, pedant still not be.

Snooty be you, worse more than pedant be.

It's only when a Joe Dirt type is trying to impress you that it becomes annoying.

 

Am I the only one that read this in Yoda's voice.

As well,  did  I

Say mean you, did I also? 

I routinely do multi-million dollar contracts and folks do this all the time.  It usually makes everyone involved laugh a little.

Datsun310Guy said:

BTW if anyone wants to start a "crazy auto factory stories" he can blow you away or just read the rivet head book.  

The Rivethead book is solid.  Another even more so is called Savage Factory, about life as a line supervisor in the 70’s at a Ford transmission plant in Sharonville, Ohio.  Fascinating read.

When I started reading this, I expected it to be about car sales people trying to sound like they have a clue about the car they're trying to sell, or cars in general. 

While not exactly on-topic, I am reminded of someone that called football uniforms costumes. 

And as my wife is a huge baseball fan, and I prefer basketball, I like to call the umpire a referee or 'ref' which always gets a snooty glare from her (as opposed to a snotty one.  ;)

In reply to nimblemotorsports  and Shadeux :

I still call them floor boards, non of this modern floor pan crap except on ACVW's.  That's probably my British side showing.

Did the OP really leave because of this thread?  Confused, or slow, or stupid, probably I'm all three.

Henry Ford was an amazing evil genius.  We need his head photoshoped onto the Dr Evil little pinky meme.

Toyman01 (Forum Supporter) said:

And it's floorboards. 

Grammar cop

Datsun310Guy said:

Toyman01 (Forum Supporter) said:

And it's floorboards. 

Grammar cop

I always refer to floor pans as floor boards too.

I also call driveshafts propshafts.

In reply to The0retical (Forum Supporter) :

That's because they are propshafts/  And the ones from the diff to the wheel are halfshafts.

The0retical (Forum Supporter) said:

I always refer to floor pans as floor boards too.

I also call driveshafts propshafts.

I've seen number of factory service manuals call them propshafts as well.  I also have owned plenty of recently-built cars that, according to the manufacturer, have generators not alternators.  And Mercedes Benz sells what we would call a "slide hammer" as an "impact extractor".  Plus, they call the intake manifold something like the combustion air mix chamber or something equally strange.

Adrian_Thompson (Forum Supporter) said:

In reply to The0retical (Forum Supporter) :

That's because they are propshafts/  And the ones from the diff to the wheel are halfshafts.

Um, no. 

Propshafts are in boats or planes. They transfer power to the props. 

Driveshafts drive axles. 

And the ones from the diff to the wheel are axle shafts or half shafts obviously. 

Some of this is straying from misapplied terminology to different country/culture terminology.

What are peoples views on Stay bar vs wsway bar vs anti roll bar?

Or Shocks, dampers?

Coupe is pronounced Co-pay not coop.

It's not a header, it's an exhaust manifold.

Ones that are flat out wrong that get me are:

The myriad different spellings I've come across for diesel.

Nothing happens 'On accident', it's 'by accident'

One that really drives me nuts is 'I could care less', when what they mean is 'I couldn't care less'

My single biggest beef is a non word that I hate to even type.  Irregardless.  Sub human morons use the word when they actually mean 'regardless'.  What they are actually saying means 'Without a lack of regard'. 

In reply to Adrian_Thompson (Forum Supporter) :

Anti-roll bar. 

Shocks or dampers. Either will work. 

Header when made from many tubes, manifold when it's one piece of cast. 

Diesel is diesel.

On or by, either one works. 

Sometimes I could care less, others times I couldn't. 

Irregardless. Regardless. Whichever you wish to use is fine by me.

According to Merriam-Webster's (and American Heritage and Oxford dictionaries), “irregardless” is just a non-standard version of “regardless.” No, it didn't just enter the dictionary because too many people started quoting Mean Girls, either. Merriam-Webster dates its first known use back to 1795.

Most of these are absolutely culturally related. They will not only vary by region or country but sometimes even across town. 

Is that Patrick's old school pic?

Appleseed said:

Dampers are there to control the springs on the suspension.  

Dampeners just get you wet.  

There is a 3rd word which adds confusion.

Dampner.

A dampner is a hydraulic device used to reduce pulsations in a hydraulic system. (a pulse modulator)
A damper which is a hydraulic device used to damp vibrations in a physical system that the hydraulics are connected to.

Both have something to do with hydraulics.  Hence, the confusion.

A shock absorber is a damper.  But I won't be offended if you call it a dampner.  And I will smile a little if you call it a dampener.

The irony in all of this is how taking your ball and going home is the opposite of winning