American car terms invading the forums
Discussion
... When did it start?
Lots of discussion about "new headers", and "stock" whatnots. What's wrong with manifolds and being standard? At first, I was wondering if it was due to the polularity of the Fast and the Furious franchise - but then I remembered they loved a bit of danger to manifold, so you'd think the terms would average out - especially if the pipework in question was flown overnight from Japan.
Anyways, my cars both have manifolds, and no headers in sight. One is standard, the other has a fruity exhaust. If I'm making a roast on sunday, one will take me to the shops so I can purchase some stock for me gravy.
Lots of discussion about "new headers", and "stock" whatnots. What's wrong with manifolds and being standard? At first, I was wondering if it was due to the polularity of the Fast and the Furious franchise - but then I remembered they loved a bit of danger to manifold, so you'd think the terms would average out - especially if the pipework in question was flown overnight from Japan.
Anyways, my cars both have manifolds, and no headers in sight. One is standard, the other has a fruity exhaust. If I'm making a roast on sunday, one will take me to the shops so I can purchase some stock for me gravy.
Before I went to work in the US a cousin who had worked over there sent me a nice essay on living in the US. He said to remember that as the automobile had been invented after they had their own version of English they were allowed to invent whatever words they liked for them and I shouldn't get all angry about it. As a result I'm fine with Americans being different, rather than wrong.
I'm not sure how I feel about American being spoken in the UK. I'll wait for someone I don't like to have an opinion so I can violently disagree with them about it. My lack of initial opinion makes me suspect I genuinely don't care.
As for when it started - I remember some argument about "fenders" years ago.
As long as no one in the UK ever uses the American pronunciation of "herb" I'll be happy.
I'm not sure how I feel about American being spoken in the UK. I'll wait for someone I don't like to have an opinion so I can violently disagree with them about it. My lack of initial opinion makes me suspect I genuinely don't care.
As for when it started - I remember some argument about "fenders" years ago.
As long as no one in the UK ever uses the American pronunciation of "herb" I'll be happy.
Some Gump said:
...I can purchase some stock for me gravy.
Don't you have to be from Yorkshire to use "me" instead of "my". I don't really care about other words for things as most objects have more than one word naming it and it often depends on what part of the country you come from, not just which country.
Though PH'ers should make special efforts to get the spelling right when writing for a predominantly British audience. Eg "Carbon-fiber" might be correct in America, but it's wrong over here! Stop it!
Though PH'ers should make special efforts to get the spelling right when writing for a predominantly British audience. Eg "Carbon-fiber" might be correct in America, but it's wrong over here! Stop it!
Some Gump said:
... When did it start?
Lots of discussion about "new headers", and "stock" whatnots. What's wrong with manifolds and being standard? At first, I was wondering if it was due to the polularity of the Fast and the Furious franchise - but then I remembered they loved a bit of danger to manifold, so you'd think the terms would average out - especially if the pipework in question was flown overnight from Japan.
Anyways, my cars both have manifolds, and no headers in sight. One is standard, the other has a fruity exhaust. If I'm making a roast on sunday, one will take me to the shops so I can purchase some stock for me gravy.
American's do use the term manifold, but usually to describe a log style factory standard manifold. Headers refer to a tubular manifold.Lots of discussion about "new headers", and "stock" whatnots. What's wrong with manifolds and being standard? At first, I was wondering if it was due to the polularity of the Fast and the Furious franchise - but then I remembered they loved a bit of danger to manifold, so you'd think the terms would average out - especially if the pipework in question was flown overnight from Japan.
Anyways, my cars both have manifolds, and no headers in sight. One is standard, the other has a fruity exhaust. If I'm making a roast on sunday, one will take me to the shops so I can purchase some stock for me gravy.
Captain Muppet said:
I'm not sure how I feel about American being spoken in the UK.
It's not being spoken in the UK, it's being typed on the internet in the English language, which transcends geographical boundaries. I've no problem - or indeed "issue" - with different versions of English existing, they're all easier for me to understand than other languages. If that user uses those terms in their native version of English, then there's nothing wrong with it. It's not as if British-English is a uniform language is it? Getting hysterical that some people type "color" rather than "colour" or use "movie" rather than "film" is a bit silly and conceited. Just ask a variety of people around the UK what they call a piece of baked and rolled bread dough...
Slang is always a bit cringeworthy though. The excessive and irrelevant insertion of "like" for instance. With regard to car jargon, despite the different terminology employed by various speakers of English - we all know what is being talked about, so does it really matter?
Nobody tends to get "tranny" confused between a gearbox, a transgender/sexual individual, a portable radio or a Ford van do they? The context provides the clues.
Captain Muppet said:
As long as no one in the UK ever uses the American pronunciation of "herb" I'll be happy.
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