HG>EV>I've read articles where the writer called them Valves.   
   HG>EV>In your area do you call them Valves or Tubes?  Thanks.   
      
   HG>See, we talk swedish here so we don't use either but in Great Britain   
   HG>they are called valves while in US-english they are tubes.   
      
    EV> Would you tell me how you would write the Swedish word for a vacuum   
    EV> tube?   
      
   i don't know how accurate it is but i'm able to use it fairly well most   
   times...   
      
     http://translate.google.com/   
      
   select english as the originating language and swedish as the destination   
   language ;)   
      
      
   vacuum tube = vakuum”r, vakuumr”ret, vakuumr”rmontaget, sugr”r, sugr”ret   
      
   the first two, when converting from swedish to english come back as vacuum   
   tube... the second one seems to actually be two words, vakuumr”r montaget,   
   which comes back as "vacuum tube assembly"... the last two are straws and   
   straw which i suppose drinking straws are tubes that you suck a vacuum thru to   
   get your beverage, eh? ;)   
      
    EV> And while you are at it, what is the Swedish word for a Transistor.   
      
   transistor = transistor, transistorn, transistorns, transistom   
      
      
   i'm curious to see what holger responds with and if there's any clarification   
   of what my results are :)   
      
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