To renew or to reinstall was:Re: <Audi> Installing STEADIRIC suspension

[Wolff <wolff_b@ix.netcom.com>]

Brendan wrote:
> 
> At 10:13 AM 9/24/97 GMT, you wrote:
> >In message <199709240547.WAA07850@gonzo.wolfenet.com> Orin Eman writes:
> >
> >> > 1. "Remove axle/bolt washer".  Can you re-use that bolt?  Bentley
> >> > contradicts itself.
> >>
> >> You should replace it.  It's self-locking.
> >
> >"Replace" is ambiguous.  "Renew" is better.
> >
> >The microfiche, not Bentley, is at fault.  The original German uses a
> mixture
> >of 'ersetzen' and 'erneuern'.  If the translator was not a mechanic (a
> highly
> >likely situation) he/she might have attempted to preserve this distinction.
> >'Ersetzen' translates as the 'renew' meaning of replace - but in English
> >'replace' is ambiguous and might just mean 'put it back in'.
> >
> >I'd like us to adopt 'renew' (erneuern) in our discussions - it's
> unambiguous.
> >
> >--
> > Phil Payne
> > Committee Member, UK Audi [ur-]quattro Owners Club
> 
> I think this depends on where you live in part.  To me, and to most people
> I know, 'renew' implies restoring 'newness' to something and re-using it,
> whereas 'replace' means to discard the existing part in favor of a new one,
> or one in better condition.  I can certainly understand your usage, and I
> don't mean to suggest in any way that anybody's usage is more or less
> correct than another's, but we all know that the same word can mean
> different things from region to region, or from country to country.  I'm
> reminded of a day in high school (in the US) when a student visiting from
> England asked a classmate if he could borrow his 'rubber,' which caused
> quite an episode, and nothing further was accomplished by the teacher that
> day.  It was a simple misunderstanding, with no one at fault, but a perfect
> example of how word usage can differ from one place to another.  And this
> is, after all, an international list.  Where you see more ambiguity with
> replace, I see more with renew.  Perhaps an alternative would be to specify
> 'discarding' parts that should not be re-used?
> 
> B

I say replace it (discard) or reinstall it stateside.
Is that a good distinction?
WolfF