If we agree that "hot water heater" is redundant, why do we call refrigerators refrigerators? Not everything originally came out of the chilling box. Ergo, they should be called frigerators!
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Oh, you just HAD to bait the word person, didn't you, LOL?!
Here's why:
The 're' in refrigeration is not a prefix meaning 'again'.
The same goes for words like repair and recluse.
Here's why:
The 're' in refrigeration is not a prefix meaning 'again'.
The same goes for words like repair and recluse.
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A hydronic heating boiler is technically a water heater as well. A hot-water heater is the thing that makes hot water (for the taps).
The hyphen joins two other words (not necessarily both or either adjectives) that together form an adjective.
red-hot
well-hung
slow-running
hot-water
Two words that are functioning as a noun are frequently joined as one. The clue that it is a noun is the word "THE" before it. Therefore the two words together form a new word.
the hothouse (the greenhouse)
the cathouse
the pantyhose
So "hot water heater" should really be "hot-water heater", in that the two words together, hyphenated, are functioning as an adjective telling you what the heater heats.
Americans: Slaughtering a perfectly nice language for centuries. (ducks and runs!)
A hydronic heating boiler is technically a water heater as well. A hot-water heater is the thing that makes hot water (for the taps).
The hyphen joins two other words (not necessarily both or either adjectives) that together form an adjective.
red-hot
well-hung
slow-running
hot-water
Two words that are functioning as a noun are frequently joined as one. The clue that it is a noun is the word "THE" before it. Therefore the two words together form a new word.
the hothouse (the greenhouse)
the cathouse
the pantyhose
So "hot water heater" should really be "hot-water heater", in that the two words together, hyphenated, are functioning as an adjective telling you what the heater heats.
Americans: Slaughtering a perfectly nice language for centuries. (ducks and runs!)
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Yeah, I've seen those heat hump heaters, and the first thing I thought as well was 'monitor top'. Expensive at first but SUPPOSED to save energy.
My philosophy has always been. The water coming in the heater is cold, thus coming out hot. So you could almost call it a COLD-water heater. That's redundant too. I just call it a water heater. My bro-in-law is from Boston (and we all know people from Boston are smarter than everyone else), and he calls it the "Haht Wahta Heetah". So there ya go.
Yeah, I've seen those heat hump heaters, and the first thing I thought as well was 'monitor top'. Expensive at first but SUPPOSED to save energy.
My philosophy has always been. The water coming in the heater is cold, thus coming out hot. So you could almost call it a COLD-water heater. That's redundant too. I just call it a water heater. My bro-in-law is from Boston (and we all know people from Boston are smarter than everyone else), and he calls it the "Haht Wahta Heetah". So there ya go.
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Heat-pump hot-water heaters save nothing when they are drawing heat from a heated basement or heated living space, effectively air-conditioning and dehumdifying the space.
In warm climates, however, it is "free" cooling and dehumidification when located indoors or in a garage.
In warm climates, however, it is "free" cooling and dehumidification when located indoors or in a garage.
what about washing machines ??
in almost every language one means a clothes washer ... anyway a dishwasher is a *washing* machine too
Also it's very easy to miss the proper meaning while translating, e.g. the german "geschirrspueler" would become "dishrinser" if one is not aware that "spuelen" means also "to do the washing up". Vintage manuals translated from German made some disasters with this thing ...
I ran into a similar fault some time ago while answering to Toggles ... i swapped "can" with "may".
In my language "potere" ("pouvoir" en français) is a verb meaning "to be able to" but also "to be allowed to". Now and then, i forget about it and make some mess
in almost every language one means a clothes washer ... anyway a dishwasher is a *washing* machine too
Also it's very easy to miss the proper meaning while translating, e.g. the german "geschirrspueler" would become "dishrinser" if one is not aware that "spuelen" means also "to do the washing up". Vintage manuals translated from German made some disasters with this thing ...
I ran into a similar fault some time ago while answering to Toggles ... i swapped "can" with "may".
In my language "potere" ("pouvoir" en français) is a verb meaning "to be able to" but also "to be allowed to". Now and then, i forget about it and make some mess
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You are forgiven. LOL Your English is much better than my Italian.
The difference between the verbs "To make" and "To do" in English is impossible to explain to others, where in their language there is one verb that funcitons as both.
"Ser" and "Estar" in Spanish I'll never get right!
And to make it more interestng English, French and Spaniss (which I dabble in-- BADLY--) are syntactic, while Greek is inflective. So in some languages the order of the words matters whereas in Greek it does not. In Greek the order of the words is is used to emphasize different things. In English we'd raise our voices a bit "Do you want ME to to that?" or use bold italics or capitals when writing.
Bottom line is we all slaughter all languages, even our own!
You are forgiven. LOL Your English is much better than my Italian.
The difference between the verbs "To make" and "To do" in English is impossible to explain to others, where in their language there is one verb that funcitons as both.
"Ser" and "Estar" in Spanish I'll never get right!
And to make it more interestng English, French and Spaniss (which I dabble in-- BADLY--) are syntactic, while Greek is inflective. So in some languages the order of the words matters whereas in Greek it does not. In Greek the order of the words is is used to emphasize different things. In English we'd raise our voices a bit "Do you want ME to to that?" or use bold italics or capitals when writing.
Bottom line is we all slaughter all languages, even our own!
true
"ser" = "essere" = "to be"
"estar" = "stare" = "to stay"
Anyway I agree with you.
In southern Italy it's common "stava qui" similar to the spanish "estaba aqui" meaning "(he/she/it) was here" = "era qui". It is an heritage from the Bourbons kingdom in Naples.
We have lots of various heritages : Lombards spell "u" as if it were a german "umlauted" "ue", Piedmontese have lots of french accents and nouns, Sicilians have lots of arabian words, Calabrian lots of greek words and nouns (eg Serrapotamo is the name ... of a ðïôáìüò , Papasidero a village)
"ser" = "essere" = "to be"
"estar" = "stare" = "to stay"
Anyway I agree with you.
In southern Italy it's common "stava qui" similar to the spanish "estaba aqui" meaning "(he/she/it) was here" = "era qui". It is an heritage from the Bourbons kingdom in Naples.
We have lots of various heritages : Lombards spell "u" as if it were a german "umlauted" "ue", Piedmontese have lots of french accents and nouns, Sicilians have lots of arabian words, Calabrian lots of greek words and nouns (eg Serrapotamo is the name ... of a ðïôáìüò , Papasidero a village)
