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MountainHiker Posted 22 years ago
Vocabulary
Damping versus dampening
Hi,
Am I correct with what I think are errors? Please note that the Wall Street Journal links require a subscription.
MountainHiker
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Error 1: damping should be dampening
http://online.wsj.com/article/0,,SB110096142761379947,00.html
U.S. Hopes for Allawi Are Dwindling
Failure to Forge Coalition
May Reduce Election Odds
For Interim Iraqi Leader
By YOCHI J. DREAZEN
Staff Reporter of THE WALL STREET JOURNAL November 22, 2004; Page A13
KARBALA, Iraq -- Iraq's electoral commission said the country will go to the polls Jan. 30 to choose its next government, fueling political maneuvering that is damping U.S. hopes of seeing interim Iraqi Prime Minister Ayad Allawi retain power.
You should replace damping with dampening.
Error 2: damping should be dampening
http://online.wsj.com/article/0,,SB110177546653686263,00.html?mod=home_whats_news_us
Wal-Mart Loses Discount Edge
In Sluggish Early Holiday Sales
By ANN ZIMMERMAN
Staff Reporter of THE WALL STREET JOURNAL November 30, 2004
Wal-Mart Stores Inc. acknowledged that a strategic shift to boost profits by ratcheting back discounts has backfired, damping sales during the crucial Thanksgiving holiday period and forcing the company to revise its November sales forecast.
You should replace damping with dampening.
Am I correct with what I think are errors? Please note that the Wall Street Journal links require a subscription.
MountainHiker
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Error 1: damping should be dampening
http://online.wsj.com/article/0,,SB110096142761379947,00.html
U.S. Hopes for Allawi Are Dwindling
Failure to Forge Coalition
May Reduce Election Odds
For Interim Iraqi Leader
By YOCHI J. DREAZEN
Staff Reporter of THE WALL STREET JOURNAL November 22, 2004; Page A13
KARBALA, Iraq -- Iraq's electoral commission said the country will go to the polls Jan. 30 to choose its next government, fueling political maneuvering that is damping U.S. hopes of seeing interim Iraqi Prime Minister Ayad Allawi retain power.
You should replace damping with dampening.
Error 2: damping should be dampening
http://online.wsj.com/article/0,,SB110177546653686263,00.html?mod=home_whats_news_us
Wal-Mart Loses Discount Edge
In Sluggish Early Holiday Sales
By ANN ZIMMERMAN
Staff Reporter of THE WALL STREET JOURNAL November 30, 2004
Wal-Mart Stores Inc. acknowledged that a strategic shift to boost profits by ratcheting back discounts has backfired, damping sales during the crucial Thanksgiving holiday period and forcing the company to revise its November sales forecast.
You should replace damping with dampening.
Top answer
No I think damping is correct. As well as making something a bit wet, to dampen can also mean to smother a fire, not using water, but by cutting off its air with a layer of ash or so on. This would seem an appropriate metaphor in these cases.
- No I think damping is correct.
- As well as making something a bit wet, to dampen can also mean to smother a fire, not using water, but by cutting off its air with a layer of ash or so on.
- This would seem an appropriate metaphor in these cases.
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No I think damping is correct. As well as making something a bit wet, to dampen can also mean to smother a fire, not using water, but by cutting off its air with a layer of ash or so on. This would seem an appropriate metaphor in these cases.
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Do you usually 'damp down' something (e.g. 'speculation')?
But then: 'damped his enthusiasm for...'
But then: 'damped his enthusiasm for...'
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Hi Nona,
damping
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damping
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damp·ing (dam'ping)
n.
The capacity built into a mechanical or electrical device to prevent excessive correction and the resulting instability or oscillatory conditions.
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MrPedantic,
Neither of those examples seem familiar to me. Maybe it is just me?
Wouldn't be the first time.
MountainHiker
Neither of those examples seem familiar to me. Maybe it is just me?
Wouldn't be the first time.
MountainHiker
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Hello MH
'd.d. speculation' is no doubt a BrE idiom. We are a damp country. Though I think it derives from 'damping down' (= laying) dust etc. (I suppose we're quite dusty, too.)
Brewer in his 'Phrase and Fable' has 'damper' for a snack 'before dinner which damps or takes off the edge of appetite. "That's a damper" also means a wet-blanket influence, a rebuff which damps or co
'd.d. speculation' is no doubt a BrE idiom. We are a damp country. Though I think it derives from 'damping down' (= laying) dust etc. (I suppose we're quite dusty, too.)
Brewer in his 'Phrase and Fable' has 'damper' for a snack 'before dinner which damps or takes off the edge of appetite. "That's a damper" also means a wet-blanket influence, a rebuff which damps or co
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I guess "damping" then is more of a technical term than I thought. I thought "dampen" only meant to wet.
In Internet routing, a flapping route is DAMPED according to Jumiper but DAMPENED according to Cisco. The correct utilization is DAMPED.
Same with spring oscillations. "Shock Absorbers" are actually called "dampers" everywhere except the US. Technically the spring is the sh
In Internet routing, a flapping route is DAMPED according to Jumiper but DAMPENED according to Cisco. The correct utilization is DAMPED.
Same with spring oscillations. "Shock Absorbers" are actually called "dampers" everywhere except the US. Technically the spring is the sh
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I cringe inside when I hear the phrase "Inertial Dampeners" in science fiction-type programs. I really believe that dampers would be the correct word in this instance.
True?
True?
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I agree, there's nothing worse than wet inertia.
I suspect I know the popular science fiction program to which you refer. They actually started saying it right for a few episodes in the middle of the series, but then inexplicably went back to saying it wrong. It makes me cringe every time I hear them say "inertial dampeners".
I suspect I know the popular science fiction program to which you refer. They actually started saying it right for a few episodes in the middle of the series, but then inexplicably went back to saying it wrong. It makes me cringe every time I hear them say "inertial dampeners".
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