Strypey<p>A while back someone told me an electric car was not a car, because it doesn&#39;t have a carburetor. So you have to call it an EV. I took him at his word. Then I was on a train and I said something to another passenger about the train car we were in. And I thought;</p><p>Maybe the word &quot;car&quot; isn&#39;t short for &quot;carburetor&quot;, maybe it&#39;s short for &quot;carriage&quot;? So I checked. Yup;</p><p><a href="https://www.etymonline.com/word/car#5353" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="">etymonline.com/word/car#5353</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p><p>Was that EV geek messing with me, or did it never occur to him?</p><p>(1/2)</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.nzoss.nz/tags/WordWeirdness" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>WordWeirdness</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.nzoss.nz/tags/etymology" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>etymology</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.nzoss.nz/tags/MeaCulpa" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>MeaCulpa</span></a></p>