Re: English vs American English etc.

Babagana Mohammed wrote, in part:

> colleagues ,
> please dont turn piping group to something different....
> its a place where we tap knowledge from colleagues

Hey, that's a good analogy; it could mean tapping as in opening a valve (opening the tap) or tapping as in drilling and threading, tapping as in ...

  From <a href="http://www.m-w.com">http://www.m-w.com</a>

Main Entry: 2tap
Function: transitive verb
Inflected Form(s): tapped; tap·ping
1 : to let out or cause to flow by piercing or by drawing a plug from the containing vessel <tap wine from a cask> 2 a : to pierce so as to let out or draw off a fluid <tap maple trees> b : to draw out, from, or upon <tap new sources of revenue> 3 a : to cut in on (a telephone or telegraph wire) to get information b : to cut in (an electrical circuit) on another circuit

4 : to form an internal screw thread in by means of a tap
5 : to get money from as a loan or gift
6 : to connect (a street gas or water main) with a local supply