Hello TOM.

11 Jul 06 10:18, you wrote to me:

 RT>> BA> Because the British have always referred to vacuum tubes as
 RT>> 'valves.'
 RT>> BA> AFAIK nobody else on the planet does.

 RT>> Well, let say us South Africans, also suffer that perculiarity,
 RT>> especially those that grew up in the Eastern Cape. :-))

 RT>> But then they are all mostly British decendants in that area ...
 RT>> :-)

 TW> I suspect any area from the Old British Empire may also use the term
 TW> Valves for Vacuum Tubes.

Except the "states" :-((, but then they don't talk Engilsh there
either ... 


Russell

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