Re: [Paddlewise] Planing

Yes, there are certainly differences between the specialist's teminology and 
the layman's, and I feel that more specialists must recognise that when 
communicating with the layman that the layman's terminology will have to 
take precedent. Especially in the case where the word was in general usage 
before the specialists took it over and came up with their own precise 
definition. 

Engineers can come up with a very precise definition for "hull" but that 
doesn't mean that when I refer to a "walnut hull" that I have to be refering 
to a stripper made with walnut. 

And as for "fly" according to my dictionary it applies to birds, planes, 
flags, kites, bullets, spacecraft, etc. It says nothing about under it's own 
propulsion. 

The definition of plane in my dictionary is "to rise partly out of the water 
while in motion at high speed." And that is how I have always used the term, 
therefore get websters corrected before correcting me. 

Dave 

Michael Daly writes: 

> Again we see examples of where a layman's term differs from a 
> specialist's.  Specialists require exactness in terminology 
> and will use terms in specific ways.  Two subtly different
> phenomena are referred to by the specialist with distinct terms
> so inter-specialist communication is clear.
 
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