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
Incidentally, the latin word "terra" means "earth, ground or land" and is also the root of our word "territory" - the Earth itself (the world) in Latin is Geo, which again is from Greek.
Earth is the Saxon word for "dirt, ground or land", so that's why we're happy with "Terra firma" (firm ground).
Apologies, I find this sort of thing quite interesting ... it sort of shows the facts of chinese whispers, which I think is very pertinent to how standards are interpreted ?
Incidentally, the latin word "terra" means "earth, ground or land" and is also the root of our word "territory" - the Earth itself (the world) in Latin is Geo, which again is from Greek.
Earth is the Saxon word for "dirt, ground or land", so that's why we're happy with "Terra firma" (firm ground).
Apologies, I find this sort of thing quite interesting ... it sort of shows the facts of chinese whispers, which I think is very pertinent to how standards are interpreted ?
