What is the language "British"?

Gene Heskett gene.heskett at verizon.net
Thu Aug 31 04:56:57 UTC 2006


On Wednesday 30 August 2006 22:26, jdow wrote:
>From: "Anne Wilson" <cannewilson at tiscali.co.uk>
>
>> Since I'd never heard of 'fuze' I checked four dictionaries.  Three
>> of them  didn't list it.  The fourth said that it is a 'US variant
>> spelling of "fuse"'
>
>More <choke> precisely </choke> a fuze in my experience is solely used
>for an explosives detonator. It is not used when speaking of electrical
>protection devices or when speaking of joining two objects intimately
>as with welding.
>
>{^_^}

A somewhat more familiar variation on that, a 'fuzee', seems to be american 
slang for a dynamite stick sized (and similarly composed chemically) 
lighting flare device, to be ignited near the scene of an accident by 
truckers who are required to carry 3 of them for such emergencies.  
Usually equipt with a sharp spike on the end opposite the kitchen match 
like end used to start its burning with a bright magenta colored light so 
that it can be stuck in the ground.  IIRC they have about a 15 minute burn 
time.  I have NDI what sort of requirements along these lines that might 
be required of the british lorry drivers.

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