Alternate History Names for Real World Tech

The problem I have with tl's like DoD or Tl-191 where things have difference name is only a few things are changed. With a PoD of 1812 or even 1860 language is going to evolve in very different way so that by 1950 or 2000 it is as different from our language as that of 1850 English. As different words come to prominence and commonly used words fade away.
Personally you should make changes much bigger that substituting Barrel for Tank, or you should stick with Standard English.
 
I'm guessing you individuals posting on this thread haven't seen the alternate terminology page on the AH.com Wiki.
I guess you could argue that generic alternate terminology - that is, ideas for alternate names for technology, etc, that is not for any specific TL - might be hard to fit in on that page...

Hm, I wonder what tanks might be called if they end up being invented outside a war situation- they might not end up with a word used to hide their purpose, for one thing. I suppose it might depend on who invents it first, and how relations between countries are (for example, the British word being Panzers because the Germans were first with Armoured Combat Wagons and Britain and Germany does not have a rivalry that'd make picking up the German word quite unacceptable)...
 
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