On 6/15/07 1:10 AM, Tamara P Duvall wrote:
Sometimes, one gets a bit tired of adding :) and <VBG> every couple of sentences... I did do a very good imitation-bonde, didn't I?
Reminds me, for some reason, that someone gets very, very excited whenever I mention that one can simulate an overhead outlet for one's iron by dangling an extension cord over the board -- even when I very carefully explain the difference between lamp cord and drop cord. Extended time with Google failed to explain why it's called "drop cord", though there was mention of voltage drop in an Earth-to-Moon extension cord (a thought experiment, needless to say), and I learned that the cord which "supports and energizes" the now-obsolete dangling light bulb in the middle of the ceiling was called a "drop cord". I don't see how either could give rise to the meaning of "heavy-duty extension cord". Indeed, a drop cord is an extension cord in which the voltage doesn't drop as much as it would in a thinner cord, and lamp cord would do fine for "energizing" one low-wattage incandescent bulb. Perhaps it's because you can drop a drop cord anywhere you need an outlet? <grabs magnifying glasses, heads for O.E.D.> <goes cross-eyed before finding anything relevant> -- Joy Beeson http://joybeeson.home.comcast.net/ http://roughsewing.home.comcast.net/ http://n3f.home.comcast.net/ -- Writers' Exchange http://www.timeswrsw.com/craig/cam/ (local weather) west of Fort Wayne, Indiana, U.S.A. where it's seasonably hot and dry. To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace-chat [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
