Hi all earthing systems and understanding them is something we've all had to do in our working lives. One thing that I think makes it harder to get our heads around different systems and the way they are described is the odd way the letter T is used to mean earth why T? Is it as someone suggested from some word or phrase in Latin? I really don't know for sure what I wonder is tho can the IET or whoever is best placed to do it come up with a more sensible lettering system please? The obvious ones are E or G the rest of the letters could be changed too if needed. The whole aim is I have is to make it all more descriptive so that it's easier to keep in our heads what do you think? Hope someone replys X Kelly
So it's got a French origin that makes it even worse Lol
Not picking on you - this obviously a joke - but I don't think it's fair to say "It's French", a lot of English words have a French origin, but we do talk about terra firma in English, as has already been pointed out - so there's no need to "translate it" into English.
Or perhaps we should start getting rid of words from other languages completely? That would leave us a little short of words to use. Even our word for the origin of words has a root in another language (etymology came to us through French and Latin, but has its original source in Greek: Ετυμολογία).
So it's got a French origin that makes it even worse Lol
Not picking on you - this obviously a joke - but I don't think it's fair to say "It's French", a lot of English words have a French origin, but we do talk about terra firma in English, as has already been pointed out - so there's no need to "translate it" into English.
Or perhaps we should start getting rid of words from other languages completely? That would leave us a little short of words to use. Even our word for the origin of words has a root in another language (etymology came to us through French and Latin, but has its original source in Greek: Ετυμολογία).
