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How Do You Pronounce Radiator?

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  • Ironman
    Ironman Member Posts: 7,678
    It’s ray-dee-aytor. You wouldn’t call an RF a “rad-dee-ent” floor. The sun “ray-dee-ates” heat.
    For some reason, around the Baltimore- Philly area, they mis-pronounce it with a short A.
    Bob Boan
    You can choose to do what you want, but you cannot choose the consequences.
  • ChrisJ
    ChrisJ Member Posts: 16,480
    RAY-DEE-AY-TER
    DanHolohan said:

    Joseph Nason, who put steam heat in the White House, is the person who came up with the name radiator. I suppose because it radiates. But he was from Boston, so feel free to filter it through his regional accent.


    Single pipe 392sqft system with an EG-40 rated for 325sqft and it's silent and balanced at all times.

  • WMno57
    WMno57 Member Posts: 1,408
    RAY-DEE-AY-TER
    https://www.grammarphobia.com/blog/2012/06/radiator.html

    Could it be that RAD-iator comes from this accent?
    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mid-Atlantic_accent
  • ChrisJ
    ChrisJ Member Posts: 16,480
    RAY-DEE-AY-TER
    ron said:
    Canada usually calls them rads...
    it's rads ay
    Eh...

    Single pipe 392sqft system with an EG-40 rated for 325sqft and it's silent and balanced at all times.

  • ChrisJ
    ChrisJ Member Posts: 16,480
    edited February 2023
    RAY-DEE-AY-TER
    ron said:

    ChrisJ said:


    ron said:

    mattmia2 said:

    Canada usually calls them rads...

    it's rads ay





    Yes,
    You can tell the excitement in my statement from the 3 periods at the end.

    Single pipe 392sqft system with an EG-40 rated for 325sqft and it's silent and balanced at all times.

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