Would fog be an aerosol? How about smog? Two things that look the same, but are quite different. Could I use this to help explain?
I'm thinking of using "fog" and "smog" in illustrations to family and friends and even strangers who ask. what upsets me about change in language isn't its fluidity and change to meet new world applications (just like the word vape). What bothers me is when incorrect usage of a word becomes accepted and then makes its way into our dictionaries as truth, like the word smoke....we've already seen what an older dictionary had to say on the matter......exactly what I was taught about what smoke is. But that horse is pretty thoroughly beaten by now. If someone wants to call steam smoke, so be it. Why not further FDA misinformation tactics
I am in agreement with you there. The example I deal with, all the time, as a teacher, is the word theory. This word has a very different meaning in scientific circles, compared with its common usage definition. It irks me to no end when people take the word out of context in a lame attempt to discredit or diminish the credibility of a scientific theory.what upsets me about change in language isn't its fluidity and change to meet new world applications (just like the word vape). What bothers me is when incorrect usage of a word becomes accepted and then makes its way into our dictionaries as truth, like the word smoke....we've already seen what an older dictionary had to say on the matter......exactly what I was taught about what smoke is. But that horse is pretty thoroughly beaten by now. If someone wants to call steam smoke, so be it. Why not further FDA misinformation tactics
) we have proven. To call vaping smoking, is to automatically saddle it with a negative stigma in the average persons mind.
ok, is this smoke?
what about this?
this?
what about this? is this smoke?
I'll submit that ANYONE who speaks and understands english will say these are all examples of smoke, regardless of the chemical composition and regardless of what method was used to generate it....
ok so you tell me, which one isn't smoke? how can anyone submit that any one of these are not "really" smoke... anyone, even a child will say that these are all pictures of smoke. why? because they are all pictures of smoke.... was any generated by a vapor? hmmm, maybe, how can you distinguish which? according to those in this thread one of these people pictured in this post is not someone smoking... just by looking at the pics can you tell me which one? do you honestly believe you are going to convince anyone that one of these people are not smoking?
semantics are one thing, denial is another
the whole water thing is just a far reach here, grasping at straws to try and prove something, and not very effectively at that. without seeing if it's actually in a liquid state I can't even tell if it's a liquid or a solid from just a still pic, much less if it's actual chemical composition is H2O... what kind of logic is that? it could be many things, but the pics I showed can only be one thing, smoke
