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PEDANTIC ?
There certainly are differences in terminology, as well as meanings, of
words between countries and even individual states and counties etc.
You may even run across situations where such differences apply to much
smaller or local areas.
What is correct in one instance is not necessarily so in another.
Sometimes use of some forms of terminology can result in acute
embarrassment, particularly where a person is not well informed as to the
local custom and usage of words.
Brian G3OYU wrote;
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" Am I correct in thinking that amateur radio is a technical hobby?
If so can I suggest that we use the correct technical term for
electrical/electronic products?
I would hate to see folk plug a tulip or daffodil bulb into a light
socket!
Technically the unit that illuminates is a lamp and the unit you plug it
into is a luminaire - or if you are from the world of the theatre then it
is a lantern.
End of gripe. "
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I am not sure whether or not he was being serious regarding this, however
I have worked in and visited a number of different areas around the world.
If you are an American you probably talk about "tubes" whereas the English
would say "valves". One could enter into a good argument on correctness
where electronic vacuum tubes are concerned.
When I worked for NASA, in close association with American personnel, I
became quite aware of the use of the term "flashlight" as against the term
"torch".
Some consideration led me to believe that the US folk had a good point
here. I had it patiently explained to me that a torch was something
generally used to set fire to an object. (As in "to put to the torch".)
For years now I have adopted, and more often than not, use the term
flashlight in preference to the term torch.
Now we come to bulbs, globes, lamps etc.
I consulted a dictionary on this and came up with some variations as
follows:-
BULB
1. Any round enlarged part; especially one at the end of a long slender
body, (Comment: the mind boggles.) - the bulb of a thermometer.
2. The glass housing which contains the filament of an incandescent
electric lamp.
GLOBE
1. A sphere on which is depicted a map of the earth (terrestrial globe)
or of the heavens (celestial globe).
2. A . . . bulb. (Comment: sure can become confusing ??)
LAMP
1. Any of various devices for using an illuminant, as gas or electricity.
(Comment: Now, I have a lamp and I use a match to light this lamp.)
MATCH
1. A person or thing that is an exact counterpart of the other.
WOWWWW !! I think that I will give up on this line of approach at this
stage.
Regards,
Ian
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73 de Ian, VK5QX
@ VK5LZ.#ADL.#SA.AUS.OC
14 July 2002
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