[Asterisk-Users] More words for Allison

[Alan Andrews]

Requisite dictionary reference:

> [...]
> > <snip>
> > > knots per hour
> > 
> > I'm a land-lubber, but I think knots is a speed unit (like 
> > Miles Per Hour), so I think you want "knots" here, not "knots 
> > per hour", if you are talking wind speed.
> > 
> [...]
> 
> Then stick to being a land lubber.  Because you're wrong.
> 
> A knot is a unit of linear measurement.


Knot (Naut.)
       (a) A division of the log line, serving to measure the
           rate of the vessel's motion. Each knot on the line
           bears the same proportion to a mile that thirty
           seconds do to an hour. The number of knots which run
           off from the reel in half a minute, therefore, shows
           the number of miles the vessel sails in an hour.
           Hence:
       (b) A nautical mile, or 6080.27 feet; as, when a ship
           goes eight miles an hour, her speed is said to be
           eight knots.