[Tagging] Feature proposal - RFC - Pipes/tunnels inlets (or intakes?)

Andrew Davidson theswavu at gmail.com
Sun Oct 17 08:38:51 UTC 2021


On 17/10/21 10:18 am, François Lacombe wrote:
> 
> I'm still puzzled about the choice of inlet=* or intake=* for this proposal.
> Inlet could conflicts with places where sea enters on the ground while 
> intake=* sounds more specific to mechanics.
> Could a native British English person could help solve this please?

Strangely both UK and US English use the term inlet:

https://www.fhwa.dot.gov/engineering/hydraulics/pubs/10009/10009.pdf

(See 4-29)

https://www.standardsforhighways.co.uk/prod/attachments/a869ed8e-4470-4286-aef4-7d11af24a597





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