Oyvind Kaurstad wrote:

> >> No need to apologise. In fact you are in a sense right as a VERY
> >> long time ago capacitors used to be know as CONDENSORS.
> >>
> >> real old telepgraph equipment used in the early 1900's .... is
> >> where I first saw a capacitor called a condensor.
>
> >For what it's worth, the capacitor that's placed across the points in
> >automotive contact-point ignitions is STILL called a "condensor".
>
> That's a bit strange....
>
> In norwegian we use the word "kondensator" for a capacitor. (All types,
> not only the automotive ones)
>
> "kondensator" and "condensor" is not so different..
>
> -Oyvind

I think that would be because Norwegian is also a Germanic-based language.
Dutch, German and (my beloved) Afrikaans also stem from the same roots.

I speak Afrikaans, English (obvious) and Dutch fluently. German I don't
understand or speak - but I can decipher it if you hand me a written text.
Not very accurate, but close enough to understand that one should not shove
ones forefinger in a light socket <G>

Cheers!

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