On 29 November 2017 at 02:54, Lubomir I. Ivanov <[email protected]> wrote: > > the containers on ones back when scuba diving are far from "large", > which implies that unless the word "tank" is used prefixed with > something like "small", one might assume that the word is misused or > just slang. > on the other hand, "cylinder" is quite vague, as it's a geometric > object if not prefixed with "gas"...and still seems like slang. > > in my country we call them "bottles" and both "tanks" and "cylinders" > don't translate well as they have different and or vague(er) meanings. >
actually "tank" and "bottle" seem like the slang words and "cylinder" is the vague, but more scientific one. lubomir -- _______________________________________________ subsurface mailing list [email protected] http://lists.subsurface-divelog.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/subsurface
