On Sat, 31 Oct 1998 15:47:49 -0500, Denton wrote:
>Just for the fun of it, I checked my Websters...
>
>"1. Chiefly Brit - Wrench
>2. A wrench that has a hole, projection, or hook at one or both ends of the
>head for engaging with a corresponding device on the object that is to be
>turned"
Whatever Webster's definition, the word "wrench" here in UK is almost
invariably used as a verb, meaning to forcibly remove or damage
something :-). For example, "the car door was wrenched off in the
accident". For a tool used to turn common nuts and bolts, it's a
spanner. Generally we'd use the term "pin spanner" or sometimes "pin
wrench" to describe a tool such as used to turn a retaining ring on
the front of a lens, or the cap with two little holes over the winder
lever of an OM.
Wrench, when used to describe a tool, is usually reserved for those in
which some considerable force is needed, such as a "pipe wrench".
Definitely not the sort of thing to remove a stuck filter!!!
It's the sort of discussion that the pedants could keep going for
weeks in the letters pages of the heavyweight newspapers over here!
Regards
--
John Gruffydd (Mold, Wales, UK)
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