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Nick Maclaren wrote:
In article DGxOe.10628$g47.7290@trnddc07, Travis wrote: Since paraffin is a soild (isn't it) and gas is a gas I don't get it. Not at any civilised temperature, it isn't. It is a liquid. You are thinking of paraffin wax. Also don't confuse (liquid) paraffin with liquid paraffin :-) So you mean what we call kerosene? -- Travis in Shoreline (just North of Seattle) Washington USDA Zone 8 Sunset Zone 5 |
Jaques d'Alltrades wrote:
The message DGxOe.10628$g47.7290@trnddc07 from "Travis" contains these words: Even though I Googled for it I can't find how a paraffin refrigerator works. Anyone? Same as a gas one. Since paraffin is a soild (isn't it) and gas is a gas I don't get it. 'Paraffin' is a group of hydrocabons which includes solids through to gases. The paraffin referred to is somewhere in the middle of the group and is called kerosene in Transpondia. Transpondia? When I Google that word I find something about bringing a visitor or fiance to the UK. This is getting really weird. -- Travis in Shoreline (just North of Seattle) Washington USDA Zone 8 Sunset Zone 5 |
In article %VAOe.12345$g47.9087@trnddc07, "Travis" writes: | Jaques d'Alltrades wrote: | | 'Paraffin' is a group of hydrocabons which includes solids through | to gases. The paraffin referred to is somewhere in the middle of | the group and is called kerosene in Transpondia. Yup. | Transpondia? When I Google that word I find something about bringing a | visitor or fiance to the UK. It has been used to refer to our ex-colonies (especially the rebellious ones) in north America for some time - on UK newsgroups. | This is getting really weird. Nah. Try uk.rec.sheds. Regards, Nick Maclaren. |
Nick Maclaren wrote:
In article DGxOe.10628$g47.7290@trnddc07, Travis wrote: Since paraffin is a soild (isn't it) and gas is a gas I don't get it. Not at any civilised temperature, it isn't. It is a liquid. You are thinking of paraffin wax. Also don't confuse (liquid) paraffin with liquid paraffin :-) No, it's a divided-by-a-common-language thing. Brit laymen use the word "paraffin" for _kerosene_. Not as bad (from our pov) as the French, who call it "pétrole"! -- Mike. |
In article , "Mike Lyle" writes: | | Since paraffin is a soild (isn't it) and gas is a gas I don't get | it. | | Not at any civilised temperature, it isn't. It is a liquid. You | are thinking of paraffin wax. Also don't confuse (liquid) paraffin | with liquid paraffin :-) | | No, it's a divided-by-a-common-language thing. Brit laymen use the | word "paraffin" for _kerosene_. Not as bad (from our pov) as the | French, who call it "pétrole"! Actually, I use the terms 'paraffin' and 'kerosene' as synonyms. Both are abbreviations (for p. oil and k. oil) and the use of paraffin in that sense predates the use of kerosene (by only a few years, true). Regards, Nick Maclaren. |
Nick Maclaren wrote:
In article %VAOe.12345$g47.9087@trnddc07, "Travis" writes: [...] Transpondia? When I Google that word I find something about bringing a visitor or fiance to the UK. It has been used to refer to our ex-colonies (especially the rebellious ones) in north America for some time - on UK newsgroups. Over on alt.usage.english, it's spawned a whole range of derivatives, including (hyphens are included or not according to house style): Right-pond Left-pond Else-pond Other-pond Trans-pond all of which lead to the expected forms with -ial, -ian, and -iality. There are also _pondial_ and _pondiality_. I believe I was myself responsible for the divergent adjectival form referring to Oceania, _Antipondean_. Since we often refer to South Africa, I am about to introduce _up-_ and _down-pond_ -- also, perhaps, confections of my own. -- Mike. |
In message %VAOe.12345$g47.9087@trnddc07, Travis
writes Jaques d'Alltrades wrote: The message DGxOe.10628$g47.7290@trnddc07 from "Travis" contains these words: Even though I Googled for it I can't find how a paraffin refrigerator works. Anyone? Same as a gas one. Since paraffin is a soild (isn't it) and gas is a gas I don't get it. 'Paraffin' is a group of hydrocabons which includes solids through to gases. The paraffin referred to is somewhere in the middle of the group and is called kerosene in Transpondia. Transpondia? When I Google that word I find something about bringing a visitor or fiance to the UK. This is getting really weird. British understatement refers to the Atlantic Ocean (occasionally) as The Pond, and hence to North America (more often) as Transpondia or Leftpondia. -- Stewart Robert Hinsley |
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from "Mike Lyle" contains these words: No, it's a divided-by-a-common-language thing. Brit laymen use the word "paraffin" for _kerosene_. Not as bad (from our pov) as the French, who call it "pétrole"! Ah, but they call petrol 'essence', which might be disastrous in a big cake in a hot oven innit. -- Rusty Emus to: horrid dot squeak snailything zetnet point co full-stop uk http://www.users.zetnet.co.uk/hi-fi/ |
The message
from "Mike Lyle" contains these words: Over on alt.usage.english, it's spawned a whole range of derivatives, including (hyphens are included or not according to house style): Right-pond Left-pond Else-pond Other-pond Trans-pond all of which lead to the expected forms with -ial, -ian, and -iality. There are also _pondial_ and _pondiality_. I believe I was myself responsible for the divergent adjectival form referring to Oceania, _Antipondean_. Since we often refer to South Africa, I am about to introduce _up-_ and _down-pond_ -- also, perhaps, confections of my own. Something to ponder upon, I suppose, and for you to respond?. -- Rusty Emus to: horrid dot squeak snailything zetnet point co full-stop uk http://www.users.zetnet.co.uk/hi-fi/ |
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