{"id":126,"date":"2020-10-02T20:50:08","date_gmt":"2020-10-03T02:50:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/thevollmerfamily.com\/rv\/?p=126"},"modified":"2020-10-02T20:50:50","modified_gmt":"2020-10-03T02:50:50","slug":"the-terminology-is-different","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/thevollmerfamily.com\/rv\/2020\/10\/02\/the-terminology-is-different\/","title":{"rendered":"The Terminology is&#8230;Different"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_129\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-129\" style=\"width: 525px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-large wp-image-129\" src=\"http:\/\/thevollmerfamily.com\/rv\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/Screen-Shot-2020-10-02-at-8.01.34-PM-1024x623.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"525\" height=\"319\" srcset=\"http:\/\/thevollmerfamily.com\/rv\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/Screen-Shot-2020-10-02-at-8.01.34-PM-1024x623.png 1024w, http:\/\/thevollmerfamily.com\/rv\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/Screen-Shot-2020-10-02-at-8.01.34-PM-300x183.png 300w, http:\/\/thevollmerfamily.com\/rv\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/Screen-Shot-2020-10-02-at-8.01.34-PM-768x467.png 768w, http:\/\/thevollmerfamily.com\/rv\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/Screen-Shot-2020-10-02-at-8.01.34-PM-1536x935.png 1536w, http:\/\/thevollmerfamily.com\/rv\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/Screen-Shot-2020-10-02-at-8.01.34-PM.png 1584w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 525px) 100vw, 525px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-129\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">We have a lot to learn!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>I had mentioned earlier that we were trying to wrap our heads around some of the new terminology we&#8217;re seeing in the RV communities. Dave and I are learning what we can, but lately we&#8217;ve been seeing new terms at every turn in the forums and community groups we&#8217;ve joined.<\/p>\n<p>Rather than try to provide you a glossary of our own, I will link you to some of the glossaries we&#8217;ve relied upon in our searches for definitions. After all, so many RV websites have glossary pages, and I think among them all, one can always find the definitions one is seeking.<!--more--><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/ca.outdoorsy.com\/neveridle\/glossary-rv-terms\">NeverIdle Canada has a good start<\/a>. Nice short definitions and at the end there&#8217;s a link to some terms that are used in French-speaking areas, such as Quebec.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.rvhive.com\/rv-glossary\/\">The RV Hive&#8217;s Glossary of &#8220;Slang&#8221;<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/harvesthosts.com\/rv-camping\/rvers-glossary\/\">The RVer&#8217;s Glossary<\/a> by Harvest Hosts<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/rv.campingworld.com\/rv-glossary\">Camping World&#8217;s Glossary<\/a> is pretty comprehensive, but not the best to search with &#8212; you first have to click on the first letter of the word you&#8217;re seeking<\/li>\n<li>A blog called Tales From the Scenic Route, about the travels of a British family who toured the U.S. in an Airstream, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.talesfromthescenicroute.com\/blog\/2018\/6\/18\/the-us-and-uk-motorhome-glossary-two-countries-divided-by-a-common-language\">has a fun post about the differences in camping terminology between the two countries<\/a>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>I could go on and on. There are a ton of RV terminology glossaries out there. There are <a href=\"https:\/\/in.pinterest.com\/search\/boards\/?q=rv%20life&amp;rs=filter\">Pinterest pages filled with resources<\/a>. I don&#8217;t need to reinvent the wheel here. If you need to learn terms, feel free to check out others&#8217; links.<\/p>\n<p><em>What&#8217;s your favorite glossary of terms? We&#8217;re always looking for more resources!<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I had mentioned earlier that we were trying to wrap our heads around some of the new terminology we&#8217;re seeing in the RV communities. Dave and I are learning what we can, but lately we&#8217;ve been seeing new terms at every turn in the forums and community groups we&#8217;ve joined. Rather than try to provide &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"http:\/\/thevollmerfamily.com\/rv\/2020\/10\/02\/the-terminology-is-different\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;The Terminology is&#8230;Different&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"spay_email":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/thevollmerfamily.com\/rv\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/126"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/thevollmerfamily.com\/rv\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/thevollmerfamily.com\/rv\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/thevollmerfamily.com\/rv\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/thevollmerfamily.com\/rv\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=126"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"http:\/\/thevollmerfamily.com\/rv\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/126\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":132,"href":"http:\/\/thevollmerfamily.com\/rv\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/126\/revisions\/132"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/thevollmerfamily.com\/rv\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=126"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/thevollmerfamily.com\/rv\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=126"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/thevollmerfamily.com\/rv\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=126"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}