Correct Usage of words.
Posted: Sun Dec 25, 2016 3:17 pm
This may seem impertinent coming from a foreign newbee, but:
On various fora I see the word pallet (see 1) used, when the meaning is obviously something completely different. This baffles (perplex, puzzle, bewilder, mystify, bemuse, confuse, confound) me, and to refresh the memory of the members of FTLOP, I humbly submit the following from Wikipedia:
1. A pallet /ˈpælᵻt/, sometimes inaccurately called a skid (a skid has no bottom deck boards), is a flat transport structure that supports goods in a stable fashion while being lifted by a forklift, pallet jack, front loader, work saver, or other jacking device, or a crane.
2. A palette /ˈpælᵻt/, in the original sense of the word, is a rigid, flat surface on which a painter arranges and mixes paints.
3. The palate /ˈpælᵻt/ is the roof of the mouth in humans and other mammals. It separates the oral cavity from the nasal cavity.
On various fora I see the word pallet (see 1) used, when the meaning is obviously something completely different. This baffles (perplex, puzzle, bewilder, mystify, bemuse, confuse, confound) me, and to refresh the memory of the members of FTLOP, I humbly submit the following from Wikipedia:
1. A pallet /ˈpælᵻt/, sometimes inaccurately called a skid (a skid has no bottom deck boards), is a flat transport structure that supports goods in a stable fashion while being lifted by a forklift, pallet jack, front loader, work saver, or other jacking device, or a crane.
2. A palette /ˈpælᵻt/, in the original sense of the word, is a rigid, flat surface on which a painter arranges and mixes paints.
3. The palate /ˈpælᵻt/ is the roof of the mouth in humans and other mammals. It separates the oral cavity from the nasal cavity.