<html><head></head><body><div class="ydpa8cb7422yahoo-style-wrap" style="font-family:times new roman, new york, times, serif;font-size:16px;"><div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false">As a native British English speaker of almost 70 years' experience (the value depends on exactly when you deem me to have started talking!), I have no difficulty with "inlet" for any pipe / culvert where the fluid, or gas, goes in. </div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false"><br></div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false">Yes, it is also used for a place where the sea extends inland, but I think that the context is sufficient to avoid confusion. Searches for "inlet" might bring up both, but I cannot think of another term that is suitable. </div><div><br></div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false">I associate "intake" with a jet engine sucking air in, or similar industrial application with suction, so it might be applicable in some cases, but I feel that "inlet" would be much more widely applicable and understood.</div><div><br></div><div class="ydpa8cb7422signature"><div style="font-family:new times, serif;font-size:16px;"><div>Regards,</div><div dir="ltr">Peter</div><div dir="ltr"><br></div> Peter Neale
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On Sunday, 17 October 2021, 09:44:45 BST, Andrew Davidson <theswavu@gmail.com> wrote:
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<div><div dir="ltr">On 17/10/21 10:18 am, François Lacombe wrote:<br clear="none">> <br clear="none">> I'm still puzzled about the choice of inlet=* or intake=* for this proposal.<br clear="none">> Inlet could conflicts with places where sea enters on the ground while <br clear="none">> intake=* sounds more specific to mechanics.<br clear="none">> Could a native British English person could help solve this please?<br clear="none"><br clear="none">Strangely both UK and US English use the term inlet:<br clear="none"><br clear="none"><a shape="rect" href="https://www.fhwa.dot.gov/engineering/hydraulics/pubs/10009/10009.pdf" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.fhwa.dot.gov/engineering/hydraulics/pubs/10009/10009.pdf</a><br clear="none"><br clear="none">(See 4-29)<br clear="none"><br clear="none"><a shape="rect" href="https://www.standardsforhighways.co.uk/prod/attachments/a869ed8e-4470-4286-aef4-7d11af24a597" rel="nofollow" target="_blank" fg_scanned="1">https://www.standardsforhighways.co.uk/prod/attachments/a869ed8e-4470-4286-aef4-7d11af24a597</a><div class="ydp9dece826yqt6011747092" id="ydp9dece826yqtfd74362"><br clear="none"><br clear="none"><br clear="none"><br clear="none">_______________________________________________<br clear="none">Tagging mailing list<br clear="none"><a shape="rect" href="mailto:Tagging@openstreetmap.org" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Tagging@openstreetmap.org</a><br clear="none"><a shape="rect" href="https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/tagging" rel="nofollow" target="_blank" fg_scanned="1">https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/tagging</a><br clear="none"></div></div></div>
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