I did write "Excluding our colonial cousins" as they use different terms.
The trouble is the word 'way'.
The fact that the same word is used to describe more than one function cannot lead to arguments between two of them.
I could say that the trouble with electricity is the 'current' situation.
That cannot lead to an argument about amperage, the past and drowning.
It has to be in the context of the discussion.
That two-way switches are used in three-way switched circuits and three way switches are used to control three separate items is neither here nor there.
The trouble is the word 'way'.
The fact that the same word is used to describe more than one function cannot lead to arguments between two of them.
I could say that the trouble with electricity is the 'current' situation.
That cannot lead to an argument about amperage, the past and drowning.
It has to be in the context of the discussion.
That two-way switches are used in three-way switched circuits and three way switches are used to control three separate items is neither here nor there.