Text 21344, 65 rader
Skriven 2008-09-28 13:11:56 av Roy Witt (1:397/22)
  Kommentar till text 21326 av Dale Shipp (1:261/1466.0)
Ärende: Cars
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27 Sep 08 23:20, Dale Shipp wrote to Michiel Van Der Vlist:

 DS>  -=> On 09-27-08  22:49,  Michiel Van Der Vlist <=-
 DS>  -=> spoke to Robert Bashe about Languages <=-

 MVDV>> English       Suid Afrikaans     Dutch

 MVDV>> car           kar                auto
 MVDV>> engine        enjin              motor
 MVDV>> petrol        petrol             benzine
 MVDV>> clutch        kluts              koppeling
 MVDV>> elevator      hijser             lift
 MVDV>> runway        renpad             startbaan
 MVDV>> subway        moltrein           metro

 DS> The American words differ in some cases from the above.  Car &
 DS> auto(mobile) are interchangeable to us.  What the British call
 DS> petrol, we call gasoline.  Benzine is a different compound entirely.
 DS> What is called subway above is called subway in some parts (e.g. NYC)
 DS> and Metro in others (Washington DC).  But both would be understood
 DS> any place in the US.

The Metro, in Los Angelos, is above ground. Petrol in French means
'essence of petroleum' - that could mean it's lighter fluid. A runway has
several meanings, one of which is a beaten path made by animals. The
difference between an engine and a motor is that the former produces
mechanical power from an internal combustion, while the latter produces
mechanical power from externally applied electricity. (so much for the
intelligence of the Dutch)

 MVDV>> It is like a car with the pedals reversed. It looks like an normal
 MVDV>> car, but  try to drive it. Clutch with the right foot and
 MVDV>> accelerator with the left. Someone who never drove a car, will
 MVDV>> have no problem with it as such. It is all new to him/her. But for
 MVDV>> you and me such a car will be almost impossible to drive.

 DS> I disagree.  When we lived in England I routinely drove a British
 DS> made right-hand drive with three speed transmission on the column.
 DS> I'm pretty sure that the clutch was right foot, but not 100% sure.  I
 DS> also drove an American made left hand drive car with a four speed
 DS> transmission on the floor, left foot clutch.  I had no difficulty
 DS> switching back and forth between the two cars.

The difference between an American Motorcycle and a British Motorcycle is
that the former has the foot brake on the right and the shifter on the
left, while the latter has the brake on the left and the shifter on the
right. Fortunately, the clutch and accelerator are the same as is the
front brake.

 MVDV>> The reflexes are too deply ingrained in the system. Even
 MVDV>> driving an automatic with a wide brake pedal that can be
 MVDV>> used with both the left and right foot is hard enough for
 MVDV>> someone who is used to a three pedal car with a shift stick.

 DS> Not at all -- you just have to focus for a while, and then the
 DS> responses become as automatic as before.

That's what I think too.

                R\%/itt



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