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Re: Scubadiving words question

by "Jim Heckman" <rot13(reply-to)@[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Feb 10, 2008 at 12:24 AM

On  8-Feb-2008, "Django Cat" <notareal@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>
wrote in message <kT%qj.753$875.664@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>:

> Darko wrote:
>
> > Hi
> >
> > In scubadiving terminology, a facility where you store equipment,
> > fill air tanks... is it Dive Center or Diving Center.
>
> ......?
>
> It's Dive Centre or Diving Centre.

Except of course for about two thirds of native speakers, for whom
it's Dive Center or Diving Center.

For the OP:  Diving Center sounds more idiomatic to me, but I'm not
a scuba diver and could well be wrong.

-- 
Jim Heckman
 




 3 Posts in Topic:
Scubadiving words question
Darko <darko.cakardic@  2008-02-08 09:40:58 
Re: Scubadiving words question
"Django Cat" &l  2008-02-08 16:58:56 
Re: Scubadiving words question
"Jim Heckman" &  2008-02-10 00:24:25 

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