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  • etymology - Why is home electricity supply called mains? - English . . .
    The 1727 citation: "Where any Stock-Blocks of Wood with Plugs, or any Fire-Cocks, were made and fix'd on any Mains " Clearly, Mains is singular in this The citations alternate between using main and mains, and they're mostly British, so the singular and plural coexisted in U K usage for at least two centuries –
  • When is Mains or grid no longer the correct electrical term?
    Mains electricity specifically does not include the service connection Mains is what the utility company has to construct back to the power plant Service connections are what the utility company has to supply to bridge the mains to the consumers Unless you are a refinery or steel mill, you don't have mains on your property
  • Is there a term for mains power in U. S. English?
    This insinuates that "mains" is not a U S term, and that the alternatives are all equally imprecise Conclusion: Americans are likely to use "grid" as a synonym for "mains", which isn't baseless So really the British style only seemed better because I hadn't yet considered whether the word already has another meaning
  • single word requests - Alternative for manning a station - English . . .
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  • How serious an insult is wanker in British English? [NSFW]
    @Snubian: It certainly is a fascinating topic My personal theory on that (based on little hard evidence, but seems plausible) is that it's related to the use of strong insults between friends: with stronger language there is a 'bonding' effect where it is understood by both parties that the insult-calling is not serious, and that the social bond between the two is so strong that use of such a
  • What is the origin of the phrase great minds think alike?
    @Clare - Robertson cannot be given the entire credit for the proverb, simply because he modified something that was already in existence, namely, the proverb ‘Great minds jump’ (where ‘jump’ is not to be understood in the sense of ‘push oneself off a surface, but in its now-obsolete form, meaning ‘completely agree’)
  • capitalization - Should it be Happy Birthday! or Happy birthday . . .
    I've always simply written it "Happy birthday!" but my wife recently said that "Birthday" should be capitalized as well What's grammatically correct?
  • grammar - What is the correct way to say that the electricity has come . . .
    The emergency generator will compensate locally while the mains are still offline and The storm knocked out phone, cable, water, sewage, gas, and power, and it would be weeks before utilities were back online
  • single word requests - Name for an electrical element to use multiple . . .
    I've not heard "plug board" in the UK, "(six-way)(mains) extension lead" seems the most common term to me Perhaps there are strong regional variations To me a plug board is what was used in early telephone exchanges A "power bar" here would be a snack aimed at people striving to be athletes –
  • Electronic vs. electric - English Language Usage Stack Exchange
    A computer is an extremely complex circuit Most people can't begin to grasp the concept of a CPU from the perspective of a current-flow device An electrician can't just hook it up to the power mains At some point along the complexity spectrum a device ceases to be merely electric and becomes electronic





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