Re: [OT] British vs. American English
On Mon, 2011-10-03 at 18:25 +0200, Ralf Mardorf wrote:
> On Tue, 2011-10-04 at 00:44 +1100, Scott Ferguson wrote:
> > On 03/10/11 23:17, John Hasler wrote:
> > > I wrote:
> > >> The heirs of Herr Siemens might disagree with you on that, not to
> > >> mention Thomson, Faraday, etc.
> > >
> > > Scott writes:
> > >> and Tesla (AC).
> > >
> > > While born in Europe Tesla became a US citizen and did his important
> > > work as such.
> >
> > Yes - of course. I only watched "The Prestige" the other night - I must
> > be getting very old.
> >
> > Electricity didn't go much of anywhere without AC - I recall Edison
> > tried with DC. Can't remember alternators - would that be Seimens??
> >
> > I suspect we can credit the USA with the petroleum industry - though
> > it's only "suspect". And geographic/political boundaries don't reliably
> > define much.
> >
> > Cheers
>
> Long distances need high voltage and AC. I suspect Nikola Tesla was a
> Roma from Jugoslavia, since my Gypsy friends, Roma from Jugoslavia, know
> his name and his profession and claim that he was a Roma. Dunno, but
> since their general knowledge isn't profound, there must be a reason
> that they especially know Tesla. I believe that three-phase AC could
> have to do with Siemens, I've got no idea what role was played by George
> Westinghouse. I won't read the Wiki.
PS: Perhaps it's just that he is or was on a banknote, in what country
ever, since gypsies enjoy travels.
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