[WMarshal]

“Snow machine? In America they are commonly referred to as snowmobiles. Has the author even touched a snowmobile before? I will bet the author doesn’t even know what one looks like. This article looks like it was written for European consumption because it sounds foreign to me.

[mad_as_he$$]

Snowmobile is copyrighted. Snow machine keeps the press out of trouble.

[FunkyZero]

That is what they are commonly called the further North you go... most especially in Canada/Alaska.

[NKP_Vet]

Snow machine is what they are called in Alaska.

[Fhios]

All weekend they’ve been talking about the snow machine that attacked the Iditarod racers.

[Vaquero]

If you watch the Alaska reality shows they call them snow machines. When I played around with them in Maine in the 70s everyone called them Skidoos, even if they weren’t. Lots of local terminology. For the most part here in NY we call them snowmobiles

[Flick Lives]

Snow machine? In America they are commonly referred to as snowmobiles. Has the author even touched a snowmobile before?

I've heard in Alaska they are referred to as Snow Machines rather than Snow Mobiles. Apparently a regional thing.

[eastforker]

Wrong, in Alaska they are referred to as “snowmachines”1

[Navin Johnson]

Snow machine is used interchangeably. All my in-laws from up north use that term exclusively.

[RoosterRedux]

Perhaps Alaska has had to resort to man-made snow to replace that snow destroyed by globull warming.;-)

[PghBaldy]

During the other discussion of snowmobiles this week (regarding the crash at the dog race), the media called it a “snow machine” too. Very odd.

[VRWCarea51]

Actually up there the natives refer to them as Sno Go.

[redhead]

“Snow machine? In America they are commonly referred to as snowmobiles. Has the author even touched a snowmobile before? I will bet the author doesn’t even know what one looks like.

In Alaska, we call them SNOWMACHINES. Call them what you want elsewhere, your choice.

[az_gila]

I think this organization makes the snow machine label pretty definite for Alaska, and not some mere ramblings of the foreign press....

http://ammcracing.org/

[Dr. Sivana]

In America they are commonly referred to as snowmobiles.

When I was growing up in CT they were called snowmobiles as well. My educated guess is that we didn't use the term "snow machine" because that's what they called the thing that made snow for the ski resorts. I susppose when you go to Alaska or northern Canada that there is no need for the other kind of snow machine.

[Nickname]

It might be regional. I knew them as skidoos or snowmobiles but I think snow machine is also common.

[CGASMIA68]

Whoops

Also there are machines for traveling across and around snow and moving snow etc. and much larger than snowmobiles

Remember Nicolson in The Shining?

[deport]

In America they are commonly referred to as snowmobiles.

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Regional names apply all over America.

[bert]

you have it wrong..... snow machines is more correct especially in Alaska

I though everybody knew that

[AFreeBird]

Actually, snow machine, is what they call them in Alaska.

[Puppage]

Snow machine?

In Alaska, that's what they're called