On Fri, 28 Aug 2009 15:45:35 +0100, Kim Bolton wrote:

Andrew Gabriel wrote:

In article ,
Max Demian writes:

You're the second person to use the word 'luminaire' in this thread
today. I've never heard it before. You learn something new every day.

Sorry, it's lighting industry jargon for a light fitting (and
I mistyped it anyway;-)

Also, 'lamp' is lighting industry jargon for a light bulb.

and 'bulb' is lighting industry jargon for the outer glass
of a 'lamp', or a small battery torch bulb, or something you
plant in the garden and grows into a flower, but not for a
light bulb;-)

Lamps glow, bulbs grow...

Bulbs are, er, bulbous, innit.
--
Peter.
The head of a pin will hold more angels if
it's been flattened with an angel-grinder.