jerryc41 wrote:
Question on Reddit: What does it mean to "Starch your engines."
At first glance, this looks like a ridiculous question. However, think about how people talk. "Geet yet?" That's how we generally ask, "Did you eat yet?" So, at the start of the Indy 500, it could sound like, "Startger engines," which sounds like, "Starch your engines." We tend to force words together, and people know what we mean.
When I live in Kentucky, I heard that stuff a lot...
Sure.