The term grounding and earthing are one in the same but earthing is the
preferred term in British English whereas grounding is the American
preference.

Other terms like this are things like flashlight/ torch wrench/spanner etc.

Other times this can lead to some funny things. In British English a "pack
of fags" refers to a pack of cigarettes and if you were to "knock up" a girl
you hardly knew, that would be just fine in the UK but big trouble in the
US.


"Ignoramus6419" wrote in message
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I see some posters mumble about "earthing" vs. "grounding" in the
context of lightning protection, and have hard times deciding whether
what they say has some sense to it, or is complete balderdash.

I am meaning in the direction of believing that it is complete
nonsense.

Any comments?

i