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Page 1 of 2 1 2 > Topic Options #179423 - 10/05/08 07:24 AM word question BranShea Carpal Tunnel Registered: 06/23/06 Posts: 3387 Loc: Netherlands, the Hague ----- I can't find the expression to distinguish the lying position of the first rectangle from the standing position of the second. We use 'liggend (lying) formaat' (1) and 'staand (standing) formaat' (2). How do I say this in English. I have looked up the word 'format', but that seems not to cover the expression. I need to make a sentence about a picture of a lying ...format?..????? How should I say this? Any of you could tell me how? Horizontal, vertical? Can you say : a horizontal picture? Top #179424 - 10/05/08 08:26 AM Re: word question [Re: BranShea] zmjezhd Pooh-Bah Registered: 08/13/05 Posts: 2270 Loc: R'lyeh I'd call the first one landscape and the second one portrait format. This comes from computer terminology when printing a page in one of those two orientations. Top #179425 - 10/05/08 02:34 PM Re: word question [Re: zmjezhd] BranShea Carpal Tunnel Registered: 06/23/06 Posts: 3387 Loc: Netherlands, the Hague Thank you zmjezhd. I think this will do very well. Landscape format. Top #179426 - 10/05/08 07:40 PM Re: word question [Re: BranShea] Faldage Carpal Tunnel Registered: 12/01/00 Posts: 12381 Landscape is also know as horizontal and portrait as vertical, but Nuncle's terms are more common these days. Top #179427 - 10/05/08 08:35 PM Re: word question [Re: Faldage] Buffalo Shrdlu Carpal Tunnel Registered: 06/24/02 Posts: 6596 Loc: Vermont fat man and tall man, though that ain't pc thesedays. (and I agree) Top #179430 - 10/05/08 11:23 PM Re: word question [Re: Buffalo Shrdlu] The Pook old hand Registered: 02/20/08 Posts: 1067 Loc: Tasmania  Originally Posted By: etaoin fat man and tall man, though that ain't pc thesedays. ...or even mac. Yes landscape and portrait are the standard English terms for sure. Top #179435 - 10/06/08 10:24 AM Re: word question [Re: The Pook] BranShea Carpal Tunnel Registered: 06/23/06 Posts: 3387 Loc: Netherlands, the Hague ----- (Still I can use landscape format) Top #179501 - 10/09/08 03:25 AM Re: word question [Re: BranShea] RITA stranger Registered: 10/09/08 Posts: 3 For assistance : http://www.grevocabulary.org Top #179504 - 10/09/08 04:06 AM Re: word question [Re: RITA] BranShea Carpal Tunnel Registered: 06/23/06 Posts: 3387 Loc: Netherlands, the Hague Landscape format is fine, I could not resist showing that it's basically nonsense, but when everyone understands what you mean, then it's allright. Top #179511 - 10/09/08 07:41 AM Re: word question [Re: BranShea] Owlbow enthusiast Registered: 10/21/03 Posts: 345 Loc: Rhode Island, USA True, & I thought that it was funny, but I think RITA is a salesperson. Top Page 1 of 2 1 2 > Previous Topic Index Next Topic Preview Hop to: General Topics ------   Information and announcements   Q&A about words   Wordplay and fun   Words and languages in schools   Miscellany   Weekly Themes   Looking for (writers, speakers, ...) (Old) Weekly themes. (have been consolidated into a single forum above) ------   Words from medicine   Beheading words   Meta-words   Words from classical mythology   Animal Safari   Words with unusual etymologies   Eponyms or words derived from people's names.   Loanwords from German   English as a global language Print Topic Switch to Threaded Mode View profile Send a PM View homepage Add to your Watched Users View posts View profile Send a PM View homepage Add to your Watched Users View posts View profile Send a PM View homepage Add to your Watched Users View posts View profile Send a PM View homepage Add to your Watched Users View posts View profile Send a PM View homepage Add to your Watched Users View posts View profile Send a PM Add to your Watched Users View posts View profile Send a PM View homepage Add to your Watched Users View posts View profile Send a PM Add to your Watched Users View posts View profile Send a PM View homepage Add to your Watched Users View posts View profile Send a PM Add to your Watched Users View posts Forum Stats 7151 Members 16 Forums 12706 Topics 187592 Posts Max Online: 853 @ 10/23/07 11:39 AM Who's Online 2 registered (Buffalo Shrdlu, Faldage), 8 Guests and 34 Spiders online. Key: Admin, Global Mod, Mod Newest Members Crejella, larsrc, KIDDETROIT, marksonamor, poetree 7151 Registered Users Top Posters wwh 13858 Faldage 12381 Jackie 10232 tsuwm 9400 Buffalo Shrdlu 6595 AnnaStrophic 6481 Wordwind 6296 of troy 5400 maverick 4683 WhitmanO'Neill 4186 November Su M Tu W Th F Sa 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30

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