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28 Jan 2009 08:19 - 28 Jan 2009 08:47
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It may be an inside joke, and I'm a new guy so go easy. The question I have is in regards to the spelling in the heading of this section. Why is it wrong?
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28 Jan 2009 08:58
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Telling Stein that you don't like his spelling is like trying to take a peek behind the curtain.

If you don't mend your ways you might end up as a pillar of salt!:laugh:

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28 Jan 2009 09:03 - 28 Jan 2009 09:04
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You mean 'carburettor' instead of 'carburetor'?

Carburetor is American spelling, carburettor is Commonwealth (British) spelling.

Stein (aka KZRider) who runs the place is from Norway so the English he (and I, who is from Denmark) learned in school is British English.

My best guess anyway.
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28 Jan 2009 09:17
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ahahahahahahahaha! :S

I knew there had to be an explanation! I learned a long time ago never assume you know it all. B)

Glad I didn't come in like a bull in a china shop saying "hey, don't ya know how to spell?" :P

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28 Jan 2009 09:22
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carbon + burette -->> carburettor -->> carburetor

carbon refers to hydrocarbon fuels

a burette is a measuring/metering/dispensing device

to carburet is to combine or mix with carbon or hydrocarbons to increase available fuel energy.

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28 Jan 2009 09:35
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Learn something new every day.
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28 Jan 2009 10:14
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And here I was thinking it had something to do with Robert Blake before getting his duo-glide. :S
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28 Jan 2009 10:18
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i thought they were carbonaters,or maybe its just my repair techniques!:woohoo:
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28 Jan 2009 14:16
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WOW! grammar studies AND bike knowledge all in one place!

Whoooo hooooo!

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28 Jan 2009 15:39
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jpswino wrote:
WOW! grammar studies AND bike knowledge all in one place!

Whoooo hooooo!

Everything I know I learned on KZRider :laugh: :laugh:

Probably why I don't have any friends :blink:

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28 Jan 2009 15:56 - 28 Jan 2009 15:58
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A dissenting opinion... :dry:

A carburetor (North American spelling) or carburettor (Commonwealth spelling), is a device that blends air and fuel for an internal combustion engine.

It was invented by Karl Benz before 1885 and patented in 1886.

It is colloquially called a carb (in North America and the United Kingdom) or carby (chiefly in Australia).

The word carburetor comes from the French carbure meaning 'carbide'. To carburete means to combine with carbon. In fuel chemistry, the term has the more specific meaning of increasing the carbon (and therefore energy) content of a fuel by mixing it with a volatile hydrocarbon. :blink:

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28 Jan 2009 15:56
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And I always thought a carburetor was that little hole on a Bong...Russ
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