Pet peeve regarding "centrifugal brake" nomenclature

[QED]

So why aren't the subject brakes called "inertial" or "centripetal" brakes?  Centrifugal force is a fictitious force used in weird, non-inertial frames of reference and leads to un-rigorous mental models of how physics actually works.  An explanation would take too long here but below are some concise references:

 

https://www.britannica.com/science/centrifugal-force

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fictitious_force

https://www.wired.com/2009/04/centripetal-vs-centrifugal-word-origins/

 

There, rant off - I feel better even though I'm sure no one else cares!

[BrianMDTX]

“Why” is easy. Because the vast majority of average folks (think they) know what centrifugal force is, but most have never heard of centripetal force. It’s really that simple. 
 

Like how everyone knows what bacon is, but somehow pork belly became some fantastical nouveau gourmet dish lol. 

[GRiver]

10 hours ago, QED said:

So why aren't the subject brakes called "inertial" or "centripetal" brakes?  Centrifugal force is a fictitious force used in weird, non-inertial frames of reference and leads to un-rigorous mental models of how physics actually works.  An explanation would take too long here but below are some concise references:

 

https://www.britannica.com/science/centrifugal-force

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fictitious_force

https://www.wired.com/2009/04/centripetal-vs-centrifugal-word-origins/

 

There, rant off - I feel better even though I'm sure no one else cares!

I understand where your coming from….. a spinning reel should be call an orbital reel, the line retrieving devise orbits the fixed spool. The only time the spool actually moves in a overload situation.

[jimmyjoe]

   You have my sympathy. Every time I read "it's" in print, and it's used for possessive, I want to puke. English teachers nowadays are a case of the blind leading the blind.          jj

[BrianMDTX]

9 minutes ago, jimmyjoe said:

   You have my sympathy. Every time I read "it's" in print, and it's used for possessive, I want to puke. English teachers nowadays are a case of the blind leading the blind.          jj

Blame autocorrect lol. I constantly have to change that. I’m a stickler for correct grammar, pronunciation, usage and spelling. 12 years of parochial school does that to you lol. 

[JS8588]

I've been aware of this since 5th grade science class, but it's colloquial at this point, so I just accept it.

[Tennessee Boy]

Reason:   Product names are created by the marketing department not the engineering department and marketing people have never cared about accuracy or honesty.

 

There, that's my rant.  

[Chris Catignani]

Shimano just calls it Variable Brake System (VBS).

[scaleface]

[bulldog1935]

I figure it don't skin my teeth. 

 

It won't peeve me unless it grabs my braid on a back-cast. 

[jimanchower]

You’ll like my pet peeve, and I’m being 100% serious that this drives me up the wall:

 

People who begin stories with “So…”

 

Number two is ending every other sentence with “…right?”

[BrianMDTX]

1 hour ago, jimanchower said:

You’ll like my pet peeve, and I’m being 100% serious that this drives me up the wall:

 

People who begin stories with “So…”

 

Number two is ending every other sentence with “…right?”

So, that really is your pet peeve, right? ?

[Chris Catignani]

1 hour ago, jimanchower said:

Number two is ending every other sentence with “…right?”

I see your point.

[WRB]

If you want to speak bass fishing terminology forget being technically correct. Try defining grass, cover, structure etc.

Tom

[Linewinder]

17 minutes ago, WRB said:

If you want to speak bass fishing terminology forget being technically correct. Try defining grass, cover, structure etc.

Tom

 

So, its where the bass is, right?

 

[Kenny Yi]

i always feel itchy when someone says flipping when they really mean PITCHING, the techniques are completely different

[Bankc]

In most things outside of the scientific community, language is fluid.  Words aren't chosen to limit confusion, but rather to push sales.  And you'll make more sales by confirming to customers what they already want to believe than you will by teaching them complex new words and concepts.  

 

If you think that's bad, don't pick up guitar.  It's bad enough that there are many terms that are coherent within the guitar community are completely at odds with their more scientific definitions.  What's worse is you've got many examples of the same word taking on completely different meanings from different companies within the guitar world!  Like what Fender calls "tremolo" most other brands call "vibrato" and vice-versa.  

[Tennessee Boy]

If I was going into the fishing reels business I would use Subspace Antimatter Brakes on all my reels.  People are willing to pay for the best technology.  

[J Francho]

18 hours ago, jimanchower said:

People who begin stories with “So…”

Drives me nuts.  People need to stop, so they don't sound dumb anymore.

[QED]

Slightly off topic but the use of the introductory "so" is not a new thing and if F. Scott Fitzgerald used it, then so can you:

https://www.npr.org/2015/09/03/432732859/so-whats-the-big-deal-with-starting-a-sentence-with-so

[garroyo130]

If were going down that rabbit hole then welcome to sunfishresource.com since a bass isnt really a bass ...

[Tennessee Boy]

18 minutes ago, garroyo130 said:

If were going down that rabbit hole then welcome to sunfishresource.com since a bass isnt really a bass ...

Largemouth and Smallmouth bass are not in the temperate bass family (Moronidae) which is how the ugly rumor got started that they are not bass. They are in the sunfish family (Centrarchidae) and they are in the black bass genus (Micropterus).

 

So they are both sunfish and bass.   (Notice how I started the sentence with so )

 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Micropterus

[Big Rick]

On 12/7/2021 at 8:15 AM, jimmyjoe said:

   You have my sympathy. Every time I read "it's" in print, and it's used for possessive, I want to puke. English teachers nowadays are a case of the blind leading the blind.          jj

Mine is the incorrect use of you're and your. One is a contraction and one shows possession. I don't quite get nauseated, but it does make my eye twitch....

[J Francho]

Do you know the difference between recurring and reoccurring?

 

"Bass" is a common name and doesn't share the same distinction as scientific nomenclature. A LMB is most certainly a bass. So is a sea bass and a litany of other fish given that distinction. By my argument, a Chilean sea bass is a bass even though the name is strictly marketing. This is why I'm okay with centrifugal brakes. 
 

I also started a sentence with "so."  Correctly, I might add. 

[Jaderose]

Wow.....it's not even January yet.  ?