<quote who="Dave Cotton"> > On Mon, 2004-01-12 at 16:10, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: >> > -----Original Message----- >> > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >> > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of >> > [EMAIL PROTECTED] >> > Sent: Sunday, January 11, 2004 8:39 PM >> > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >> > Subject: RE: [Asterisk-Users] More words for Allison >> > >> [...] >> > <snip> >> > > knots per hour >> > >> > I'm a land-lubber, but I think knots is a speed unit (like >> > Miles Per Hour), so I think you want "knots" here, not "knots >> > per hour", if you are talking wind speed. >> > >> [...] >> >> Then stick to being a land lubber. Because you're wrong. > >> A knot is a unit of linear measurement. > > Perhaps you're both wrong or right :) > > http://www.yourdictionary.com/ahd/k/k0092800.html
Well at the bottom of that very page is: Usage Note: In nautical usage knot is a unit of speed, not of distance, and has a built-in meaning of "per hour." Therefore, a ship would strictly be said to travel at ten knots (not ten knots per hour) So, a knot is not a unit of linear measurement. A "Nautical Mile" is linear. A knot, is speed. -- END OF LINE -MCP _______________________________________________ Asterisk-Users mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users To UNSUBSCRIBE or update options visit: http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users