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RE: Suspension Question--Solved

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Subject: RE: Suspension Question--Solved
From: Mark Hooper <mhooper@pixelsystems.com>
Date: Tue, 28 Aug 2001 13:17:32 -0400
A Canadian perspective:

a caster is a guy who pours metal in moulds (been one)
a castor is French for Beaver (big rat with two front teeth, likes trees for
lunch etc..)


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From: ZoboHerald@aol.com [mailto:ZoboHerald@aol.com]
Sent: Tuesday, August 28, 2001 9:53 AM
To: jimmuller@pop.mail.rcn.net; triumphs@autox.team.net
Subject: Re: Suspension Question--Solved


In a message dated Mon, 27 Aug 2001 11:22:51 PM Eastern Daylight Time, "Jim
Muller" <jimmuller@pop.mail.rcn.net> writes:

> Yeah, well Webster doesn't know.  In his book "The Sports Car, Its Design 
> and Performance", Colin Campbell M.Sc., C.Eng., M.I.Mech.E. (a lot of 
> letters!), published by Robert bentley, 1978, spells it CASTOR. :-)

Guess it depends on which Webster one uses. According to
<http://www.m-w.com/cgi-bin/dictionary?castor> ( or you can spell it
cast_e_r; it will give you the same main entry), either is correct. 

--Andy Mace (in Librarian mode)

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