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To be flecked, or to be a flake, that is the question?

Hey!  If you guys are that bored, then let's start a discussion about
"semantics".  That's always good for a couple 100kB.  Oh, yeah!  Let's get
the French and German speaking Listees involved, as well.  Below is a
message of mine that didn't make it to the list the first time around.

;-)
Bo*

P.S. - Is there a French or German idiomatic expression equivalent to the
English colloquial phrase, "Should have left sleeping dogs lie"?
 

-----Original Message-----
From: Verish, Robert S 
Sent: Friday, October 08, 1999 9:31 PM
To: 'michel franco'; METEORITELIST
Subject: RE: Metal Flakes


Michael,

I just got back from meteorite hunting, so I just read your post.  The
phrase that you should be trying to translate is "metal fleck", as in "the
interior of ordinary chondrites are flecked (or spotted) with metallic
Ni-Fe", as opposed to "metal flake".  Sorry, I can't find my French
dictionary, but maybe this will translate into a French word more to your
liking.

Speaking of dictionaries, here's a word that I just now found in my ENGLISH
dictionary:

"sprachgefuhl"

?:-o
Bo*

-----Original Message-----
From: michel franco [mailto:mfranco@cyberaccess.fr]
Sent: Thursday, October 07, 1999 12:59 AM
To: METEORITELIST
Subject: Metal Flakes


Dear all and particularly all french speaking co-listees,

I am looking for an accurate translation into french of FLAKES. ( in Metal
Flakes )

I am not very satisfied with FLOCON neither with ECAILLE. PAILLETTE could be
the most exact word but there is a connotation of orientation in PAILLETTE
that is not true in meteorite metal flakes.

Thanks for your help.

Best regards

Michel FRANCO

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