[Tagging] tagging towers WAS Re: tall masts supported by guy wires

[Nathan Edgars II]

On Sat, Sep 11, 2010 at 11:39 AM, M∡rtin Koppenhoefer
<dieterdreist at gmail.com> wrote:
> 2010/9/11 Nathan Edgars II <neroute2 at gmail.com>:
>> It's a guyed tower.
>
> a tower is "self-supporting", which might be read as contradictory to
> guys (unless you consider the guys being part of the tower itself).

Then explain the heavy use of "guyed tower" by professionals:
http://www.google.com/search?q=%22guyed+tower%22
You may be using the dictionary definition of tower (though the
dictionaries I checked don't rule out guy wires on a tower), but it's
apparently not a distinction that's always made in the real world.