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Previous Thread Next Thread Print Thread Page 4 of 6 1 2 3 4 5 6 Re: transom v. fanlight #53853 01/29/02 03:15 PM 01/29/02 03:15 PM Joined: Sep 2000 Posts: 4,757 M maverick Carpal Tunnel maverick   Carpal Tunnel M Joined: Sep 2000 Posts: 4,757 da clue's in da name.... fan·light (făn'līt') n. Architecture. A half-circle window, often with sash bars arranged like the ribs of a fan. Chiefly British. A transom. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition Copyright © 2000 by Houghton Mifflin Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved. Re: transom v. fanlight #53854 01/29/02 03:44 PM 01/29/02 03:44 PM Joined: May 2000 Posts: 679 Somewhere outside New York R Rubrick addict Rubrick   addict R Joined: May 2000 Posts: 679 Somewhere outside New York fan·light (f?n'l?t') n. Architecture. A half-circle window, often with sash bars arranged like the ribs of a fan. Chiefly British. A transom. Ah!! This explains that old British film - Gassie by fanlight I don't usually confuse my words but in your exception I'm willing to make a case Re: transom v. fanlight #53855 01/29/02 03:46 PM 01/29/02 03:46 PM Joined: Dec 2000 Posts: 13,803 Faldage Carpal Tunnel Faldage   Carpal Tunnel Joined: Dec 2000 Posts: 13,803 I thought it would be something like that. So Xrefer had it backwards and wrong, both. What the USns call a fanlight the Brits call a transom and what USns call a transom the Brits call ___________. Re: transom v. fanlight #53856 01/29/02 04:03 PM 01/29/02 04:03 PM Joined: Sep 2000 Posts: 4,757 M maverick Carpal Tunnel maverick   Carpal Tunnel M Joined: Sep 2000 Posts: 4,757 Not sure about that, Faldage. I recognise both descriptions as denoting windows over doors, but my mental image of a fanlight is always semicircular, whereas t'other suggests a rectangular shape. Rubrick, thanks for that vote of condfidence - I aim for the exceptional, but sometimes miss my mark Re: transom v. fanlight #53857 01/29/02 04:16 PM 01/29/02 04:16 PM Joined: Dec 2000 Posts: 13,803 Faldage Carpal Tunnel Faldage   Carpal Tunnel Joined: Dec 2000 Posts: 13,803 a fanlight is always semicircular, whereas t'other suggests a rectangular shape. I think USns always think of the transom as being openable. Dunno if that holds for fanlights, too. Re: transom v. fanlight #53858 01/29/02 05:00 PM 01/29/02 05:00 PM Joined: Jan 2001 Posts: 1,773 Sparteye Pooh-Bah Sparteye   Pooh-Bah Joined: Jan 2001 Posts: 1,773 I think USns always think of the transom as being openable. Well, not quite. My house has a painful* number of transom windows, none of which open. *because it's very hard to find window treatments for them Re: transom v. fanlight #53859 01/29/02 05:02 PM 01/29/02 05:02 PM Joined: Dec 2000 Posts: 13,803 Faldage Carpal Tunnel Faldage   Carpal Tunnel Joined: Dec 2000 Posts: 13,803 think of the transom as being openable Well, at least theoretically. Re: Xrefer Americanisms #53860 01/29/02 05:17 PM 01/29/02 05:17 PM Joined: Dec 2000 Posts: 2,661 Chicago musick Carpal Tunnel musick   Carpal Tunnel Joined: Dec 2000 Posts: 2,661 Chicago Must I continually correct myself? Yes! Or someone will do it for you... I meant A figurative high pitched voice not a real high pitched voice. Well, why didn't you say so I was going to say "...the whimpy nasal sound of the french..." but I didn't want to insult a whole nation.One and a half, actually®.Hi, belM Must I be scrutinized by every Tom, Dick, and Jazzo?Yes! But it'll be alright, nobody really® cares... I'm glad you left Harry out of this, he's sensitive *that way. Re: transom v. fanlight #53861 01/29/02 05:20 PM 01/29/02 05:20 PM Joined: Oct 2000 Posts: 5,400 rego park of troy Carpal Tunnel of troy   Carpal Tunnel Joined: Oct 2000 Posts: 5,400 rego park I am tempted to log off, and create a new user name... Casandra! didn't i say-- back at the beginning..transom windows are, i think are different than fan lights.. a fan light is a semi circle window above a door.. and it is fixed. a transom is rectangluar, and opens by turning on a pivot and this goes to you too dr. Bill... i pointed out i only really knew transom being used in the idiom "to come in over the transom"-- ie an unsolicited manuscripts.. same post back at the beginning.. i would edit that to say a transom doesn't have to open.. and sparteye- the correct window treatment requires a little bit of artistic skill. go to craft shop and buy 1) glass etching kit or 2) glass paint kit. either etch a pattern on the glass (etch glass passes light, but cut down on glare..) or using "glue on" strips that look like lead, create (buy/copy)a stained glass design. a real big advantage is.. transoms are fairly high up, and no one gets too close, so it looks good even if its not perfect.. You can practice on basement/ ground floor windows.. or on drinking glasses.. plain jane Libby's etch up nicely! my other obsession Re: transom v. fanlight #53862 01/29/02 05:26 PM 01/29/02 05:26 PM Joined: Dec 2000 Posts: 13,803 Faldage Carpal Tunnel Faldage   Carpal Tunnel Joined: Dec 2000 Posts: 13,803 a fan light ...is fixed. a transom ... opens by turning on a pivot Yeahbut© you're one of USn, helen. What do the Brits say? Page 4 of 6 1 2 3 4 5 6 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. 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