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Re: Fluorescent or incandescent?

by robyks <robyks@[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Dec 4, 2007 at 05:40 PM

On Wed, 5 Dec 2007 02:43:58 +1300, "Paul J Kriha"
<paul.nospam.kriha@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:

>> > What's "louc^" in English? My idiotic dictionary says
>> > "resinuous wood". Yeah, okay, but what do you call those
>> > thin pieces of wood used for lighting in medieval times.
>> > And I don't mean torches.
>> > pjk
>>
>> Why *don't* you mean torches?
>
>Because I don't. I mean "louc^", not "pochoden^".
>
>> In American English it is exactly what that is ;-)
>
>Okay then, but I wouldn't know much about that.
>
>pjk

Try "taper". In Collins it corresponds with louc^, in a fa****on.

BTW, it is cheering to see a correct spelling of Fluorescent. Far too
often one encounters Flourescent.

roByks
 




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Re: Fluorescent or incandescent?
kujebak <kujebak@[EMAI  2007-12-02 21:47:06 
Re: Fluorescent or incandescent?
"Paul J Kriha"   2007-12-05 02:43:58 
Re: Fluorescent or incandescent?
robyks <robyks@[EMAIL   2007-12-04 17:40:50 
Re: Fluorescent or incandescent?
"Paul J Kriha"   2007-12-05 17:46:50 
Re: Fluorescent or incandescent?
me@[EMAIL PROTECTED]   2007-12-05 05:27:09 
Re: Fluorescent or incandescent?
robyks <robyks@[EMAIL   2007-12-05 10:16:03 
Re: Fluorescent or incandescent?
"Paul J Kriha"   2007-12-06 03:10:59 
Re: Fluorescent or incandescent?
Yukon Jack <loyza3@[EM  2007-12-05 12:09:38 
Re: Fluorescent or incandescent?
"Paul J Kriha"   2007-12-07 00:15:25 
Re: Fluorescent or incandescent?
Karel Kriz <karel@[EMA  2007-12-06 06:57:40 
Re: Fluorescent or incandescent?
Yukon Jack <loyza3@[EM  2007-12-06 15:48:14 
Re: Fluorescent or incandescent?
"Paul J Kriha"   2007-12-07 15:39:56 
Re: Fluorescent or incandescent?
Yukon Jack <loyza3@[EM  2007-12-05 12:08:08 

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