> Knowing the inclination of many on this list to use the British word for a
> component instead of the more home-brewed (or Webster?) version, how come a
> grease zerk is entering these sepulchered pages?
Easy, John, most of our cars emigrated at a very young age. After spending all
their lives here in the colonies, they're acclimated and no longer speak the
Queen's English !
And since the fitting was invented by an American (Oscar, not Randall), it seems
only proper to call it by it's proper name.
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