I have heard these things referred to as a "buttinski" (butt-in--ski) on this
side of the pond.
Don Borowski
Schweitzer Engineering Labs
Pullman, Washington
"Juhasz, John (IndSys, GE Interlogix)" <[email protected]> on 10/25/2002
09:52:41 AM
Please respond to "Juhasz, John (IndSys, GE Interlogix)" <[email protected]>
To: [email protected], [email protected],
[email protected]
cc: (bcc: Don Borowski/SEL)
Subject: RE: Definition ?
For those telecom folks out there, how about the word 'butt' - the British
term for test-set.
The first time I heard it, a colleague from the UK office was helping
me with a telephone interface problem. He asked me, "Did you
put 48V across your butt?"
I said, "Excuse me?"
John A. Juhasz
GE Interlogix
Fiber Options Div.
Bohemia, NY
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Sent: Friday, October 25, 2002 10:59 AM
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Subject: RE: Definition ?
I once read a British technical manual on engines. While discussing a
"paraffin" carburetor, it mentioned that in order to start the engine it
must be strangled severely.
Robert
-----Original Message-----
From: Colgan, Chris [mailto:[email protected]]
Sent: Friday, October 25, 2002 4:21 AM
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Subject: RE: Definition ?
"One that I especially like is the name for that little butterfly valve in a
carburetor; we call it a "choke", but the British call it a "strangler.""
In nearly 30 years of fiddling around with motorbikes engines, racing cars
and more recently learning about aircraft piston engines for my private
pilots licence I've never heard the term "strangler" used insted of "choke"
here in England. "Throttle" maybe but not "strangler". Either someone's
had you on or your having us on :)
Regards
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