• BeN9o@lemmy.world
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    4 days ago

    I wouldn’t normally be pedantic, but because its him, I feel compelled to say, its wind turbine, not windmill, they do 2 different jobs.

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        I presumed this is what he meant, because who mixes them up? And, he’s that kind of person, who would slate a nation for having history and culture.

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          everybody whose not an engineer will call them windmills at least on occasion. Which is fine. i’m sure somebody somewhere is grinding flour with the electricity they produce.