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Previous Thread Next Thread Print Thread p.17 assiette #87465 11/20/2002 7:41 PM Joined: Jan 2001 Posts: 13,858 wwh Carpal Tunnel wwh Carpal Tunnel Joined: Jan 2001 Posts: 13,858 This was a real stinker. Not in any dictionary I could find, English or French. But I found several sites that mentioned it. Many were names of reataurants. One was a magazine "L'Assiette de la Beurre" A couple were about tables for computation. An "assiete de calcul" was a hand held calculator. Finally I found a couple sites that showed pictures of"Assiettes" that were plainly dinner plates. I'm still annoyed. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter from my french :assiette #87466 11/21/2002 6:19 AM Joined: Mar 2000 Posts: 315 Italy - Perugia is a town with... emanuela enthusiast emanuela enthusiast Joined: Mar 2000 Posts: 315 Italy - Perugia is a town with... means dish indeed. Anyway, assiette of calcul is like our "assetto di calcolo", and here assetto is - ah, very hard to describe. Assetto comes clearly from "sedere" = to seat, and the meaning is that you as a person are in assetto di calcolo when you seat comfortably, and ready to computate, and in the appropriate mood to do it. Something like "mode" in the watch instructions. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Moderated by  Jackie  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... ------  Words from medicine  Beheading words  Meta-words  Words from classical mythology  Animal Safari  Words with unusual etymologies  Eponyms or words derived from p...  Loanwords from German  English as a global language Print Thread Switch to Threaded Mode Show Likes Link Copied to Clipboard View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary

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