Talk:Air-raid shelter
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Have apologised to David Levinson, he was not involved int the changes of 19Feb. I have a feeling the pages may be corrupted, well, it's either that or I have gone barmy, but certain things about don't seem my style. I am asking a developer to take a look at it, the article that is, not me. ;-) --Dieter Simon 23:16, 27 Feb 2004 (UTC)
Umlauts in hoch as in hochbunker
The German adjective hoch in the positive form never has an umlaut. It is only when it changes to the comparative höher or the superlative höchst that it receives the umlaut. Dieter Simon 00:58, 27 Jul 2004 (UTC)
Who designed the Anderson Shelter?
Many seemingly reputable websites and Encarta say the shelter was named after its designer, Dr David A. Anderson
- Although Dr David Anderson, one of the engineers from the Institute of Civil Engineers, was involved in the evaluation of the design it was named after Sir John Anderson, the Lord Privy Seal at the time, who initiated the development of the shelter. Dieter Simon 22:21, 23 Dec 2004 (UTC)
- The problem I find is that almost all of the sources citing him as the person after whom the shelter is named, call him the designer of the shelter. In fact, it was William Patterson and Oscar Karl Kerrison who were the designers. David A was really one of the civil engineering evaluation team, not a very likely eponym of the product. Dieter Simon
- The BBC website and the Museum of London website both quote Sir John Anderson. Dieter Simon