[Asterisk-Users] More words for Allison

[Robert Hajime Lanning]

<quote who="Dave Cotton">
> On Mon, 2004-01-12 at 16:10, daryl at introspect.net wrote:
>> > -----Original Message-----
>> > From: asterisk-users-admin at lists.digium.com
>> > [mailto:asterisk-users-admin at lists.digium.com] On Behalf Of
>> > woody+asterisk at solutionsfirst.com.au
>> > Sent: Sunday, January 11, 2004 8:39 PM
>> > To: asterisk-users at lists.digium.com
>> > Subject: RE: [Asterisk-Users] More words for Allison
>> >
>> [...]
>> > <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.
>
> Perhaps you're both wrong or right :)
>
> http://www.yourdictionary.com/ahd/k/k0092800.html

Well at the bottom of that very page is:

Usage Note:  In nautical usage knot is a unit of speed, not of distance,
and has a built-in meaning of "per hour." Therefore, a ship would strictly
be said to travel at ten knots (not ten knots per hour)

So, a knot is not a unit of linear measurement.  A "Nautical Mile" is linear.
A knot, is speed.

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