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Nigel Cook

Jan 1, 1970
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George Bernard Shaw

Does anyone have a URL for a site that you can
convert American terms to English and vice versa.

I'm thinking of tube = valve
hex wrench= Alan key
lock jaw pliers = Mole grips
1 mil = 1 thou (I think?) - does an American inch = English mile?,
I don't think US gallon = English gallon

etc etc
and all those car terms

trunk = boot
fender = bumper

plumbing
faucet = tap
gas = petrol

etc etc

e-mail (removing .....) [email protected].....k
electronic hints and repair briefs , schematics/manuals list on
http://homepages.tcp.co.uk/~diverse

Nigel,Diverse Devices,Southampton,England
 
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Kalman Rubinson

Jan 1, 1970
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George Bernard Shaw

Does anyone have a URL for a site that you can
convert American terms to English and vice versa.

I'm thinking of tube = valve
hex wrench= Alan key

Allen key?

Kal
 
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Nigel Cook

Jan 1, 1970
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Kalman Rubinson said:
Allen key?

Kal

Yes Allen key.
I had been talking to an Irish bod who told me the Irish
mile is different to the English mile - and so my
confused comment earlier inch = mile confusion.
 
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Jeff Liebermann

Jan 1, 1970
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Does anyone have a URL for a site that you can
convert American terms to English and vice versa.

The American's guide to speaking British
http://effingpot.com
It's an advertisement for a book on the topic, but there's quite a bit
on the web pile.
 
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Laurence Taylor

Jan 1, 1970
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Nigel said:
George Bernard Shaw

Does anyone have a URL for a site that you can
convert American terms to English and vice versa.

I'm thinking of tube = valve
hex wrench= Alan key
lock jaw pliers = Mole grips
1 mil = 1 thou (I think?) - does an American inch = English mile?,
I don't think US gallon = English gallon

US Gallons are smaller; although still eight pints, the US pint is 16
fl.oz. (a fluid pound?), rather than 20. I forget what 20 fl.oz. is.

rgds
LAurence

.... Love isn't love until you give it to someone
begin the search for better software
 
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Andrew

Jan 1, 1970
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[email protected] (Pat Norton) wrote in @posting.google.com:
The current official definitions are the same length:

UK - Units of Measurement Regulations 1995
www.hmso.gov.uk/si/si1995/Uksi_19951804_en_2.htm

Ireland - Metrology Act 1996
http://193.120.124.98/gen531996a.html

The current definitions are the same. Not so long ago thought here was
the British Mile, The Irish mile, The Scottish mile and Roman ancient
mile amongst others. Look at some olde maps...

1 British statue Mile = 1.0002 British ancient = 0.785 Irish = 0.88
Scottish = 1.05 Roman

And out of interest 1 British Statute mile = 0.999998 US statute mile.
 
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Engineer

Jan 1, 1970
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Kalman said:
Of course, we would have asked if it was different from the English
mile.

Kal

You're confusing it with a "country mile".

Cheers,

Roger
--
Roger Jones, P.Eng.
Thornhill, Ontario,
Canada.

"Friends don't let friends vote Liberal"
 
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Bill Webb

Jan 1, 1970
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Where I come from, they compromise and call it an Allen wrench.
 
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Jeff

Jan 1, 1970
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I'm thinking of tube = valve

only in the electronic sense, (apart from
a picture tube which is a tube!!)
hex wrench= Alan key

Allen key
lock jaw pliers = Mole grips

correct (trade name)
1 mil = 1 thou (I think?)

Yes, ie thousandth of an inch, where does 'mil'
come from?

Regards
Jeff
 
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