German: Kantel
Wooden tilt-and-turn windows use semi-finished wooden boards called scantlings, apparently.
Sunday, August 25, 2013
Falze
German: Falze (as in Glasfalze)
I have a TM from a customer that lists "fold". Unfortunately, this is wrong: it's a glass rebate, the little slot in a sash bar that holds the glass on one side. (Or more than one, but with classical windows the mullions just abut the glazing, they don't hold it in place.)
I have a TM from a customer that lists "fold". Unfortunately, this is wrong: it's a glass rebate, the little slot in a sash bar that holds the glass on one side. (Or more than one, but with classical windows the mullions just abut the glazing, they don't hold it in place.)
Sturz
German: Sturz (as in Türsturz)
This one took some looking; normally you don't see it without Tür- in front of it. It's a lintel.
This one took some looking; normally you don't see it without Tür- in front of it. It's a lintel.
Monday, August 5, 2013
Boldog Asszony hava
Hungarian: Boldog Asszony hava
Wow. Hungarian has alternate traditional names for the months...
January: Boldog Asszony hava - Month of the Happy Wife
February: Böjtelő hava - Pre-Lenten Month, I think
March: Böjtmás hava - uh, Post-Lenten Month?
April: Szent György hava - Month of St. George
May: Pünkösd hava - Month of Pentecost, or, whimsically, "Whitmonth". (No, that's not a real word.)
June: Szent Iván hava - Month of St. Ivan
July: Szent Jakab hava - Month of St. Jacob
August: Kis Asszony hava - Month of the Maiden
September: Szent Mihály hava - Month of St. Michael
October: Mindszent hava - All Saint's Month
November: Szent András hava - Month of St. Andreas
December: Karácsony hava - Christmas Month
(From a genealogical glossary.)
This sort of thing rocks my world. Hungarian culture goes down and down and down.
Wow. Hungarian has alternate traditional names for the months...
January: Boldog Asszony hava - Month of the Happy Wife
February: Böjtelő hava - Pre-Lenten Month, I think
March: Böjtmás hava - uh, Post-Lenten Month?
April: Szent György hava - Month of St. George
May: Pünkösd hava - Month of Pentecost, or, whimsically, "Whitmonth". (No, that's not a real word.)
June: Szent Iván hava - Month of St. Ivan
July: Szent Jakab hava - Month of St. Jacob
August: Kis Asszony hava - Month of the Maiden
September: Szent Mihály hava - Month of St. Michael
October: Mindszent hava - All Saint's Month
November: Szent András hava - Month of St. Andreas
December: Karácsony hava - Christmas Month
(From a genealogical glossary.)
This sort of thing rocks my world. Hungarian culture goes down and down and down.
Thursday, August 1, 2013
consignations
French: consignations
Everything in French is always so vague. Sure, "consignation" means "consignment" - but in a technical management context, consignations means log.
Everything in French is always so vague. Sure, "consignation" means "consignment" - but in a technical management context, consignations means log.
Sunday, June 9, 2013
Zeichnungsteile
German: Zeichnungsteil
Custom parts. Called this not because they're part of a drawing, but rather that a drawing must be included in the order to specify them because they're parts that aren't in a catalog.
Custom parts. Called this not because they're part of a drawing, but rather that a drawing must be included in the order to specify them because they're parts that aren't in a catalog.
Monday, June 3, 2013
Sole
German: Sole
This one gets me every time. It's brine - what kind of etymology could it possibly have? Solebehälter, brine tank.
This one gets me every time. It's brine - what kind of etymology could it possibly have? Solebehälter, brine tank.
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