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Alan Crozier wrote:
> "IE J" <inger_e.johansson@xxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
> news:3EKng.6287$E02.1723@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> >
> > "Eric Stevens" <eric.stevens@xxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
> > news:n5ru92dccg5irscsm7vilfqmmt2kljapho@xxxxxxxxxx
> > > On Mon, 26 Jun 2006 02:42:02 GMT, "IE J"
> <inger_e.johansson@xxxxxxxxx>
> > > wrote:
> > >
> > > >
> > > >"Eric Stevens" <eric.stevens@xxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
> > > >news:4s8u92phoet3fggo1v85cfdv77ldo48h38@xxxxxxxxxx
> > > >> On 25 Jun 2006 14:10:16 -0700, "George" <gblack@xxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > > >>
> > > >> >
> > > >> >Doug Weller wrote:
> > > >> >> On Sun, 25 Jun 2006 13:53:06 GMT, in sci.archaeology, IEJ
> wrote:
> > > >> >>
> > > >> >> >Doug,
> > > >> >> >I know what knots mean! I have known it for almost 57 years
> now. I
> > > >have no
> > > >> >> >problem what so ever with what knots means! You seem to have
> > problem
> > > >> >> >understanding what I write, that's not the same as to say
> what you
> > > >say!
> > > >> >> >
> > > >> >> >Nice try to make believe I wrote other things than what I
> did.
> > > >> >>
> > > >> >> No, I know what things you wrote. It's just that you used the
> term
> > > >> >> incorrectly. Now you say it's because you didn't think other
> people
> > > >here
> > > >> >> would understand. All I am saying is that if that is what you
> > thought,
> > > >> >> you should have used the term correctly and then explained
> what it
> > > >meant.
> > > >> >> Are you sure you were a teacher?
> > > >> >:-)
> > > >> >Her knots per hour is a dead give away
> > > >> >Eric should be rushing to correct her ...
> > > >> >Riiiight
> > > >> >
> > > >> It all happened while you and I were sleeping ...
> > > >
> > > >and you needn't correct me because I am right in this question even
> if it
> > > >seems hard to get George and Doug to understand that if a ship has
> x
> > speed
> > > >and enters a strong stream which has between y and z speed the ship
> will
> > > >accelerate at least with the figure for the medium speed between y
> and z.
> > > >Then the new speed definitely will be higher than before entering
> in this
> > > >case the Gulfstream where it meets the Labrador current.
> > > >
> > >
> > > Which has nothing to do with whether expressing speed in knots/hour
> is
> > > correct. It isn't.
> >
> > I tried to express the added acceleration. And that's correct in my
> book
> > from 3rd year high school.
>
>
> Once again you are confusing a hydrophobic Irish landlubber (me). First
> you said you used "knots per hour", knowing that it was incorrect, but
> "I wrote knots/hour due to most here never ever having sailed any kind
> of boat, ship or vessel."
>
> Then you said you meant acceleration all the time (thanks are due to
> Dylan for offering that way out).
>
> Which explanation is correct?
>
> Alan
> (who wonders whether "knots" are etymologically related to "knittel")
>
> --
Why the getting tied in knots over knots ?
A knot is a nautical mile.
If you are travelling at five knots you travel
five nautical miles in an hour.
Celia
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