[AT] Names that have become generic

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Tim,
I felt the yank on your chain all the way over here in Belton!
:o)

Phil

> 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