There seems to be more than a few instances of odd differences in British
and American technical terms. One that I especially like is the name for
that little butterfly valve in a carburetor; we call it a "choke", but the
British call it a "strangler."

The odd thing is that the American preference for words like hood and choke
implies a preference for Old English or Germanic roots. The British
preference for bonnet and strangler implies a preference for Middle French
and Latin. I wonder if they means anything?

Regards,

Ed
(Eduoard or Eadvard?)


Ed Price
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>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From:        Ken Javor [SMTP:ken.ja...@emccompliance.com]
>> Sent:        Thursday, October 24, 2002 10:48 AM
>> To:  lisa_cef...@mksinst.com; emc-p...@majordomo.ieee.org
>> Subject:     Re: Definition ?
>> 
>> 
>> Screen is the Queen's English for what Americans call 
>shield.  As in Brit 
>> usage windscreen for American windshield.
>> 
>> ----------
>> >From: lisa_cef...@mksinst.com
>> >To: emc-p...@majordomo.ieee.org
>> >Subject: Definition ?
>> >Date: Thu, Oct 24, 2002, 8:15 AM
>> >
>> 
>> >
>> > Hi all,
>> >
>> > Could anyone explain the definition of  a "screened cable" 
> as it is
>> > applied in EN61000-4-6 (and perhaps elsewhere)
>> >
>> >
>> > Thank-you in advance
>> >
>> >
>> > Regards,
>> >
>> > Lisa
>> >
>> >

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