I don't know about preheat... I haven't been able to figure out "hot water
heater" either. Why would you heat water that's already hot? The thing is
just a plain old "water heater."
I DID finally figure out why southerners call it an "ink pen" instead of
just a "pen." That's because with a southern twang there needs to some
differentiation between pen and pin. Go ahead Tarheel; say them both and
see if they don't sound just alike<GG>
And don't get me started on soda, pop, soda pop, coke, soda water.....
Linda, who has spent half of her life in the south and half in the north
>From: Tarheel_Boy@webtv.net (Skallywagg ...)
>
>Now, is anyone able to tell me why we say we "preheat" an oven? Does that
>mean we heat it before we heat it? Sort of like pre-boarding an airplane,
>isn't it? How can you get on before you get on?
>
>Bob the Tarheel Baker and part-time troublemaker ;-