User talk:Prawlings

Fracking

Your edit of the article on hydraulic fracturing is labeled M. In fact, your changes of the spelling, especially given your reasoning, are not minor. I think you should remove the M marking if possible.Kdammers (talk) 06:28, 16 December 2012 (UTC)

fracking spelling
P.S.: A K need not be in a source word to be added to other forms, e.g., picnic, picnicking. Kdammers (talk) 06:30, 16 December 2012 (UTC)

I am an engineer and I have been in the industry for over 30 years. In that time, I worked for two of the three largest service companies that do hydraulic fracturing. I am currently involved in the design of high pressure pumps used for hydraulic fracturing. I do not know anyone in our industry that uses the "frack" spelling. Most of us consider this spelling as a derisive term derived from the slang term for sexual intercourse "*ucking" and we find it highly offensive. The addition of the k doesn’t affect the pronunciation so it’s superfluous. The news media’s use of the Wikipedia article propagates this incorrect spelling.

The aside from the spelling error, the article seems to be factual, unbiased and well written.