Timeline for Why does "air conditioning" always mean "cooling" and never "heating"?
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| May 12, 2016 at 1:34 | history | protected | tchrist♦ | ||
| May 11, 2016 at 15:02 | answer | added | Spehro 'speff' Pefhany | timeline score: 0 | |
| Oct 18, 2011 at 17:21 | vote | accept | Daniel | ||
| Oct 7, 2011 at 3:24 | comment | added | Phonics The Hedgehog | @drɱ65δ ...Yes, refrigerator. | |
| Oct 6, 2011 at 21:07 | comment | added | Daniel | @Sonic: What refrigerator? | |
| Oct 6, 2011 at 16:44 | answer | added | Tom Au | timeline score: 1 | |
| Oct 6, 2011 at 14:13 | comment | added | user597 | Yes, and why do we call those things "elevators" (or "lifts" for you Brits) when they spend 50% of the time going down, not up? | |
| Oct 6, 2011 at 12:19 | comment | added | Daniel | @Peter: I have not heard of that sort of air conditioner, while I certainly have heard people refer to the "heating and air conditioning" in their houses. | |
| Oct 6, 2011 at 12:15 | comment | added | Peter Taylor | I question your premise. The air con unit in my flat cools or heats, but I've never heard anyone call it an "air conditioner and heater". | |
| Oct 6, 2011 at 1:15 | answer | added | user10893 | timeline score: 8 | |
| Oct 6, 2011 at 1:03 | history | tweeted | twitter.com/#!/StackEnglish/status/121752299214348288 | ||
| Oct 6, 2011 at 0:59 | comment | added | Stuart Allen | I suspect that in most people's minds the term "air conditioning" is synonymous with cooling. Particularly in warmer climates, the most common requirement is to cool an indoor space. Of course, making a room comfortable may at other times of the year require raising the temperature. A more inclusive term such as HVAC (heating, ventilation, air conditioning) is useful, but hasn't caught on here in Australia. | |
| Oct 6, 2011 at 0:29 | comment | added | Bill | Seriously, though, I had a similar understanding of the expression 'air conditioning' to mean cooling, as opposed to heating, whilst living in Victoria, Australia. It was not until I moved to NSW that I heard the expression being used for both. I suppose the meaning differs depending on where you live.... | |
| Oct 6, 2011 at 0:10 | answer | added | mgb | timeline score: 0 | |
| Oct 6, 2011 at 0:10 | comment | added | Phonics The Hedgehog | @Jim or you can face the refridgerater the other way | |
| Oct 6, 2011 at 0:09 | comment | added | yoozer8 | You can use an air conditioner as a heater - just face it the other way | |
| Oct 6, 2011 at 0:03 | history | asked | Daniel | CC BY-SA 3.0 |