Why not accept the term "voltage" ?

[Herbert H Gottlieb <herbgottlieb@JUNO.COM>]

On Fri, 06 Dec 2002 08:21:06 -0800 John Mallinckrodt <ajm@CSUPOMONA.EDU>
writes:
>  I think Rick is right that poor conceptual understanding
> exacerbates the problem, but I'm surprised that neither of you
> point to the word "voltage" itself as a source of the problem.  We
don't
> talk about meterage, or secondage, kilogramage, coulombage, etc.,
> so why do we accept voltage?

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***But according to my Webster's dictionary:

        "volt-age n.  electromotive force, or difference in electric
potential,
                                expressed in volts. "

Herb Gottlieb from New York City
(Where we measzure voltage with voltmeters)