[AT] Names that have become generic

[Tim Bivens]

George,
Are you pulling our leg here? LOL. It only makes sense
to me for it to be called a starter since it "starts"
the engine. In the same sense a generator is called a
generator because it generates, a condenser is called
such because it condenses and so forth. Isn't commence
just a synonym for start? Why would one be more
correct than the other? Might be just as correct to
call it a "cranker". I am sure the word "start" was
around a long time before Charles Kettering. Whether
you are pulling our legs or not I am getting a big
laugh out of this.

Tim Bivens, Glen Rose, Texas


--- George Willer <gwill at toast.net> wrote:
> Dean,
> 
> The first one I thought of is the starter.  It was
> invented by Charles
> Starter Kettering and takes his middle name.  The
> proper name is
> "commencer".  :-)
> 
> George Willer
> 
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Dean VP" <deanvp at att.net>
> To: <at at lists.antique-tractor.com>
> Sent: Wednesday, March 31, 2004 1:21 AM
> Subject: [AT] Names that have become generic
> 
> 
> > I was doing some parts hunting today and ran
> across an item that I
> > automatically called a starter "Bendix". However,
> that isn't really the
> > correct name. It's the name of one of the
> companies that makes or made
> them.
> > It reminded me of some other items like the name
> Kleenex that is used for
> > all similar type items.
> >
> > It is a manufacturers dream to get that kind of
> name recognition. What
> other
> > antique tractor parts besides "Bendix" have
> achieved that status?
> >
> >
> >
> > Dean A. Van Peursem
> > Snohomish, WA 98290
> >
> > CRS = Having a Photographic Memory but a shortage
> of unused film.
> >
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