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Terminology - Two countries, separated by a common language

AndyT said:
I think it's a case of the old term persisting over there. I'm pretty sure that early planemakers' lists refer to "dado planes" which do, naturally, cut housings. A dado is a sticky-out rail along a wall, at the top of the frieze, isn't it?
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Yeah.
Also known as a chair rail.
 
Lintle denotes masonry. A header denotes wood framing over here.

Interesting dado vs housing difference. We still call it a housed stringer on a stair.

US = moulder, UK = planer moulder?

Double hung denotes both sash as movable vs single hung with a typical fixed top sash. In true common usage it's just a window if it's a box sash type. Only something like a casement or tilt and turn would be identified as xxx window vs just calling them windows.
 
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Steve Maskery said:
I'm shockified and dispurbulated that no-one has yet posted this link.

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(From memory) We are anaspeptic, frasmotic, even compunctuous to have caused you such pericombobulation.
Now, why I retain that, and not when the car’s MoT is due, is a mystery.

Is there a US/UK difference in table saw/sawbench?

I used to enjoy reminding a US friend of mine that there is more than one ‘Math’.
 
Steve Maskery said:
Tablesaw = American (although that is also what I call it). The traditional UK term is Circular Saw Table, but I don't think I've ever heard anyone actually use the term, only in (old) publications.

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I call it a table saw as well. A sawbench, to me, is a more crude, often PTO-driven job used for cutting up firewood.

I have thought we could make a mortice with a mortiser, as you’d get advice from an adviser, but the S doesn’t look right.
 
John Brown said:
Or licence/ license, noun versus verb, but not in America.
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Similarly practice/practise. I can see the logic in simplifying all that but I always found it surprising in the land of simplified spelling that they differentiate vice (sin) and vise (clamping thing) whereas we have the simpler common spelling in that case.
 
Accipiter said:
American football - American... UK: Rugby - Union and/or League... (still not quite sure of the difference between those two?)
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As an ex-rugby union player, I’d say it resembles neither, but if anything, it’d be like rugby league (start-stop, limited tackles, no rucking). If the players had to play in cycling shorts and crash helmets.

I did try to watch the recent superbowl, but wasn’t sure what was going on. It seemed to be a continuous advert show, interrupted by the odd minute of play. Even the commentators would look round, in some surprise, from their discussion and say ‘oh, they’re starting again!’.

Before I incur the anger of our American friends, I have a British mate who grew up partly in Ohio, who’s going to watch a game with me and explain everything.
 
From the extremely little I've seen of 'American' football the main difference (apart from the obvious thing of helmets) seemed to be that they can pass the ball forward... UK rugby being to the side and back... when passing it in play. You'll realise I'm not that into 'sports' 😎
 
Lurker said:
It’s a bit like touch rugby but you only play for 5 minutes at a time. Also you wear a batsman’s helmet and body armour.
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It’s more like 7-10 seconds from ‘go’ to ‘stop’. I was able to brew a batch of beer in the other side of the house, within the four-hour coverage, without missing any gameplay. Seemingly bizarre, but I’ll reserve judgement till my mate comes up from London to explain.
 
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