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Why is it that we call the "plugs" on the side of the engine block frost plugs when that is not their real name or propose? Why is it that some call the right side of the block the left and the left the right? Why is it that people call the CV joint in a drive shaft a canard joint when the only real canard joints are in the steering sector and on split drive shafts? I am just curious; is it passed on from generations of shade tree mechanics’, which like myself, grew up hearing their fathers call these things by incorrect names?
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[updated:LAST EDITED ON 28-May-02 AT 00:23 AM (EST)] Heres one. My father inlaw always says screw-nail. Something isn't nailed or screwed together its SCREW-NAILED. I have no idea what a screw-nail is???????????????????/
My wife sometimes says it and her grandma(his mother) says it all the time too. I think it is inherited.
My wife sometimes says it and her grandma(his mother) says it all the time too. I think it is inherited.
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Screw nail?
He probably means a Ring nail used in attaching Drywall or to you American's > Sheet rock"
Freeze plugs are commonly known as such in cold weather climates .
Because it's the freezing of the water in the cooling system that pushes the freeze plug out.
I refer to the 1-4 side as the Right Bank
and the 5-8 side as the Left Bank.
I don't know about the other one.
I have a question though:
If money doesn't grow on trees,Why do they call Banks, Branches ?
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He probably means a Ring nail used in attaching Drywall or to you American's > Sheet rock"
Freeze plugs are commonly known as such in cold weather climates .
Because it's the freezing of the water in the cooling system that pushes the freeze plug out.
I refer to the 1-4 side as the Right Bank
and the 5-8 side as the Left Bank.
I don't know about the other one.
I have a question though:
If money doesn't grow on trees,Why do they call Banks, Branches ?
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I've yet to see a "frost plug" come out before the block splits ( all three times)
I'm not sure about the ring nail they refer to EVERYTHING that way.
Here's another chimley? :-X23 AKA chimney. Its kind of humourous but sometimes drive me nuts (short drive some days
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I'm not sure about the ring nail they refer to EVERYTHING that way.
Here's another chimley? :-X23 AKA chimney. Its kind of humourous but sometimes drive me nuts (short drive some days
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What are commonly called freeze plugs actually are core plugs. Their function is to allow the sand mold to be washed out after the block is cast.
Screw Nail: I always thought those were the twisted nails that screw themselves in as you hammer them. Their function, I believe, is that they don't back out as easy as a smooth shanked nail.
What about shock absorbers? The real shock absorbers are what we call springs and what we call shock absorbers are really dampeners, the purpose of which is to stop the oscillations in the springs after they have done their primary job of absorbing the shock.
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Screw Nail: I always thought those were the twisted nails that screw themselves in as you hammer them. Their function, I believe, is that they don't back out as easy as a smooth shanked nail.
What about shock absorbers? The real shock absorbers are what we call springs and what we call shock absorbers are really dampeners, the purpose of which is to stop the oscillations in the springs after they have done their primary job of absorbing the shock.
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[updated:LAST EDITED ON 28-May-02 AT 01:53 PM (EST)]Tallpaul is right about screw nails i have also heard them called twist nails. Here's another one for ya why do people call lunch-dinner and dinner-supper?
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My old mechanic friend who helps me with my truck keeps reminding me that there's only one right side and one left side to any vehicle. I still can't remember which is which but it hurts his ears when I refer to the "drivers' side" and "passengers' side".
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Lunch is city folk talk
Dinner is Country folk talk.
Dinner is used to describe the last meal of the day by City folk.
Supper is the last meal of the day used by country folk.
Maybe that's where The LAST SUPPER came in.
How about people who say > Amblence <>Instead of Ambulance.
Some kids say my favourite > Ambleedence <
The one thing that to me is really strange is why American's call Cheques's > Checks <
A check is to mark something off, or have a look at something.
The word *Cheque* only has One meaning >
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Dinner is Country folk talk.
Dinner is used to describe the last meal of the day by City folk.
Supper is the last meal of the day used by country folk.
Maybe that's where The LAST SUPPER came in.
How about people who say > Amblence <>Instead of Ambulance.
Some kids say my favourite > Ambleedence <
The one thing that to me is really strange is why American's call Cheques's > Checks <
A check is to mark something off, or have a look at something.
The word *Cheque* only has One meaning >
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[updated:LAST EDITED ON 28-May-02 AT 07:05 PM (EST)]According to my know it all daughter(should'nt let read the post over my shoulder) cheque is the european spelling of check never the less i can't use neither(wife keep's them under lock and key)so mine are kinda rubbery trying to get money to spend on my truck is like pulling teeth
wish money did grow on trees
Wiz
never the less i can't use neither(wife keep's them under lock and key)so mine are kinda rubbery trying to get money to spend on my truck is like pulling teeth wish money did grow on treesWiz
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A 'lunch' is what you take with you when you won't be home for 'dinner' (the noon meal). When farm folks eat dinner at night, they usually are at a coat and tie affair. And yes, I have a farm truck, or two, (see other tread) that is all one color, doesn't smoke, don't have a dog in it, don't have tools in the floor but does have a .223 in the cab.
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I always thought that dinner was something you had on monday-saturday, and supper was what you had on sunday. Doesn't anyone remember it being invited to Sunday Supper at the pastures house?
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>The one thing that to me is really strange is why American's
>call Cheques's > Checks <
>
And we say liter instead of litre. Why do Jeep Cherokees have it spelled the Canadian (or European) way? Are they made in Canada? I don't think it is that they were bought out by Diamler as they spelled it this way before.
>call Cheques's > Checks <
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And we say liter instead of litre. Why do Jeep Cherokees have it spelled the Canadian (or European) way? Are they made in Canada? I don't think it is that they were bought out by Diamler as they spelled it this way before.