Terminology issues

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We all (?) know these common differencies:

UK Drive shaft
US Half shaft

AUS Tail shaft
UK Propeller shaft (Prop shaft)
US Drive shaft

And probably many more ...

But this is interesting. In this:

Firewall pass-through

I’m looking to see if anyone can advise where to find some accessible firewall pass-throughs. Thanks

www.theineosforum.com

I see first time "Firewall" in English text. Here are some terms I have seen/used:

AUS Bulkhead -> Firewall
FI Tulipelti ("fire plate") or Rintapelti ("chest plate")
DE Trennwand
US Firewall
UK Bulkhead
SE Brandvägg ("firewall")
SP Mamparo ("bulkhead")

Here is one public dictionary:

Land Rover Dictionary

I have started collecting Spanish - Finnish - English (UK) dictionary for my own use.

 

[landmannnn]

Always interesting the etymology of our everyday words.
I did a post a while ago - a large number of motoring terms are derived from horse drawn vehicles, pre-dating cars by centuries.

Firewall/bulkhead is interesting. Bulkhead is a nautical term for the transverse barriers in a ship, it is likely that those countries with a rich nautical history (England, Spain) adopted this term.

Firewall was a term adopted for a panel that separated the firebox in a steam driven vehicle from the passenger or driver.

On a separate point, just to complicate things, a propshaft or drive shaft is known as a tail shaft in Australasia.

 

[Cliffy]

Australia is going through a phase of dropping English and Australian terminology and taking on American terminology.
Mud guards are now fenders
Bulkheads are now firewalls
Tyres are now tires
Windscreens are now windshields
Indicators are now blinkers
Torches are now flash lights
Mobile phones are now cell phones
Every woman now emphasises the last word in a sentence.
Kids speak with an American accent.

 

[landmannnn]

There's half a generation of Brits who speak with a rising inflexion. They grew up watching Neighbours (it was on TV about when most kids got home from school)

 

[Michael H.]

Australia is going through a phase of dropping English and Australian terminology and taking on American terminology.
Mud guards are now fenders
Bulkheads are now firewalls
Tyres are now tires
Windscreens are now windshields
Indicators are now blinkers
Torches are now flash lights
Mobile phones are now cell phones
Every woman now emphasises the last word in a sentence.
Kids speak with an American accent.

Over my dead body they are, although I’ve always said firewall.

 

[CRH]

Sadly the Internet has ruined local language

 

[Tazzieman]

Australia is going through a phase of dropping English and Australian terminology and taking on American terminology.
Mud guards are now fenders
Bulkheads are now firewalls
Tyres are now tires
Windscreens are now windshields
Indicators are now blinkers
Torches are now flash lights
Mobile phones are now cell phones
Every woman now emphasises the last word in a sentence.
Kids speak with an American accent.

Routes, which used to be pronounced roots are now called rowts by younger gens. Sounds very weird.
But at the end of the day you can't beat a root

 

[CountyV8]

erm dare I say prop shaft???

 

[Zimm]

Australia is going through a phase of dropping English and Australian terminology and taking on American terminology.
Mud guards are now fenders
Bulkheads are now firewalls
Tyres are now tires
Windscreens are now windshields
Indicators are now blinkers
Torches are now flash lights
Mobile phones are now cell phones
Every woman now emphasises the last word in a sentence.
Kids speak with an American accent.

That’s too bad, because dudes that speak ozzy get laid quite easily up here. Poor time to switch.