David McAfee
davidmcafee at gmail.com
Thu Mar 3 15:08:47 CST 2011
:) On Thu, Mar 3, 2011 at 1:04 PM, Debbie <delam at zyterra.com> wrote: > This reminds me of a story that may help: > > A professor in college was not a native English speaker. He took a class > when he came to the US as a grad student. Being a class for science majors > in English as a second language, physics words figured prominently. The > instructor told them the difference between revolving and rotation. Rotation > spins on an axis and revolving is moving the whole object around a central > point. > My professor asked why a revolver was named thus. > The instructor (who was English) started muttering about bloody Americans. > > The moral: it may be proper English, but I will never be understood if I go > into a gunshop and ask for a Rotator. > Likewise, Jim will never be understood if he insists that an autonuber can > never be a PK. > > Jim, you have met your revolver. > > Debbie. >