On Aug 25, 7:55*pm, "Dave Plowman (News)"
wrote:
In article ,
* *Tanner-'op wrote:

Which would be fine for a regional FAQ. But unfortunately it's
national and in other areas it's not used.
Dave,
Before retiring, I worked in several parts of the country over several
years - and on each job, a patress was... yes, a patress - which meant a
surface mounted switch/socket box (and that was understood by the local
tradesmen as well as us 'outsiders'. *That seems pretty "national" to me.

It's not recognised in any wholesaler I've used in London - and that's
plenty. Of course if you add plenty of description a decent counter person
may deduce what you mean - but many get annoyed by the use of it.

Did you ask them for a pattress? If not, how would you know.

Its also not hard to find counter staff that dont know what youre
asking for because they've never been in the business themselves, and
know nothing beyond what the catalogue says.

None of this establishes anything germaine.


NT