Re: What is the language "British"?

On Wednesday 30 August 2006 22:26, jdow wrote:
From: "Anne Wilson" <cannewilson@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>

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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