[Ads-l] Obsolete term: "gas pedal" in an electric car =?UTF-8?Q?=E2=80=93_?=alternatives "potentiometer" or "accelerator"

[ADSGarson O'Toole]

Perhaps "gas pedal" could shift to "juice pedal".

Juice, noun 3: a medium (such as electricity or gasoline) that supplies power
https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/juice

On Thu, Sep 26, 2019 at 9:11 PM ADSGarson O'Toole
<adsgarsonotoole at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> Mark Mandel (MAM) wrote:
> > Well, we still call the panel in front of the driver a "dashboard", even
> > though it no longer is
> >
> >  A panel at the front of a horse-drawn vehicle that projects up to protect
> > the riders from mud, water, or snow kicked up by the horse or horses.
> >
> > https://www.ahdictionary.com/word/search.html?q=dashboard
>
> Excellent example and good point, MAM. Here is another example, I think.
>
> The word "pen" is still in use, and it is even used for an electronic
> stylus. Yet, the Online Etymology Dictionary says "pen" is derived
> from: late 13c., from Old French pene "quill pen; feather" (12c.) and
> directly from Latin penna "a feather, plume," …
> https://www.etymonline.com/word/pen
>
> Perhaps the etymologies of "pen" and "dashboard" became sufficiently
> opaque that their semantics shifted without major resistance. I
> suspect that the meaning of "gas" in "gas pedal" is  still relatively
> transparent. Hence, it will be more difficult for the semantics to
> shift to include the accelerator pedal of an electric car.
>
> Garson
>
> > > A participant in a YouTube video discussion about the engineering of
> > > electric cars started to say the phrase "when I step on the gas
> > > pedal", but he stopped before saying "gas pedal". After a delay he
> > > suggested "potentiometer" (I think), and another participant suggested
> > > "accelerator".
> > >
> > > Website: YouTube
> > > Title: Sandy Munro: Model 3 manufacturing, Model Y wiring, and EV
> > > competition
> > > Date: Aug 19, 2019
> > > https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i93VJ1PEp6o
> > >
> > > Garson
> > >
> > >
> >
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