17 Dec 11, 11:43AM
Also off topic...
The climbing device mentioned is a carabiner (not carabine) but odly enough this object in French is called a 'mousqueton' which is the ancestor of the actual carbine.
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/ae/Grand_Turk%2836%29.jpg
Dunno when it all got mixed up though.
Bell has rang, class is over! See you all tomorrow, the subject will be 'The advantage for snails to be hermaphrodite'.
(17 Dec 11, 10:13AM)jamz Wrote: Please excuse offtopic reply, but I think it's understandable that some French players (and other nationalities?) use 'carabine' - http://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carabine_militaireActually word 'carbine' comes from the French name 'carabine'.
The climbing device mentioned is a carabiner (not carabine) but odly enough this object in French is called a 'mousqueton' which is the ancestor of the actual carbine.
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/ae/Grand_Turk%2836%29.jpg
Dunno when it all got mixed up though.
Bell has rang, class is over! See you all tomorrow, the subject will be 'The advantage for snails to be hermaphrodite'.