Re: [OT] British vs. American English
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From: Ralf Mardorf <ralf.mardorf@alice-dsl.net>
To: Richard <richard.bown@blueyonder.co.uk>
Subject: Re: [OT] British vs. American English
Date: Tue, 04 Oct 2011 08:36:41 +0200
On Mon, 2011-10-03 at 20:48 +0100, Richard wrote:
> On Tue, 4 Oct 2011 05:40:28 +1000
> Weaver <weaver@riseup.net> wrote:
>
> > On Mon, 03 Oct 2011 18:25:22 +0200
> > Ralf Mardorf <ralf.mardorf@alice-dsl.net> wrote:
> >
> > > On Tue, 2011-10-04 at 00:44 +1100, Scott Ferguson wrote:
> > > > On 03/10/11 23:17, John Hasler wrote:
> > > > > I wrote:
> > > > >> The heirs of Herr Siemens might disagree with you on that, not to
> > > > >> mention Thomson, Faraday, etc.
> > > > >
> > > > > Scott writes:
> > > > >> and Tesla (AC).
> > > > >
> > > > > While born in Europe Tesla became a US citizen and did his
> > > > > important work as such.
> > > >
> > > > Yes - of course. I only watched "The Prestige" the other night - I
> > > > must be getting very old.
> > > >
> > > > Electricity didn't go much of anywhere without AC - I recall Edison
> > > > tried with DC. Can't remember alternators - would that be Seimens??
> > > >
> > > > I suspect we can credit the USA with the petroleum industry - though
> > > > it's only "suspect". And geographic/political boundaries don't
> > > > reliably define much.
> > > >
> > > > Cheers
> > >
> > > Long distances need high voltage and AC. I suspect Nikola Tesla was a
> > > Roma from Jugoslavia, since my Gypsy friends, Roma from Jugoslavia,
> > > know his name and his profession and claim that he was a Roma. Dunno,
> > > but since their general knowledge isn't profound, there must be a
> > > reason that they especially know Tesla. I believe that three-phase AC
> > > could have to do with Siemens, I've got no idea what role was played
> > > by George Westinghouse. I won't read the Wiki.
> > >
> >
>
> I suggest you all check on the high voltage feed from Canada in to the New York region. 0Hz
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Static_inverter_plant seem to be very
uncommon. Never heard of such a thingy for Europe.
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