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torch = flashlight (for American readers)

by pinstriped_dude 17y ago

andrewcooke 17y ago
flat = apartment; jam = jelly; elms = maples (i think)
- nitrogen 17y ago
  Though it's entirely trivial by comparison to your earthquake, for the curious, jam and jelly are used to refer to two very similar but slightly different things in at least some American dialects. Thanks for commenting, and good luck with repairs and rebuilding.
- JimmyL 17y ago
  Unless you use the word to describe a different type of tree than the standard Ulmus minor elm, elms = elms.
  - andrewcooke 17y ago
    I messed up. I meant[1] sycamores, and they do seem to be a kind of maple. Whether they actually are sycamores, or some other kind of maple, I have no idea. [1] More exactly, I had got the leaves/names mismatched, which is why I was pretty sure it was a maple (because of the Canadian flag). If that makes sense...! [edit: OK, they're not sycamores either, because the seeds are different. Still trying to work our what they really are.... later: I don't have a clue. I'm not even sure they're maples, because the seeds are this kind of yellow/green dust, not samaras. Sorry!] [even later, OK, they're called "Platano Oriental" (eastern banana?!). http://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Platanus_orientalis http://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Platanus_orientalis - translated in the english page as "Oriental Plane", from the Platanaceae family. So not maples at all. And here's a photo that appears to be just outside where we live, to give a picture of Chile that is significantly different from what is on the TV right now http://www.fotolog.com/mis_rincones/41894088 http://www.fotolog.com/mis_rincones/41894088 (as I write this, what feels like a V aftershock rocks the building)] [And el Mercurio - local 'posh' paper - now have photos up. Probably the best collection of photos of the quake, if anyone is still curious - http://www.fotos.emol.com/?G_ID=13635 http://www.fotos.emol.com/?G_ID=13635 ]

torch = flashlight (for American readers)

andrewcooke 17y ago

flat = apartment; jam = jelly; elms = maples (i think)

nitrogen 17y ago
Though it's entirely trivial by comparison to your earthquake, for the curious, jam and jelly are used to refer to two very similar but slightly different things in at least some American dialects. Thanks for commenting, and good luck with repairs and rebuilding.
JimmyL 17y ago
Unless you use the word to describe a different type of tree than the standard Ulmus minor elm, elms = elms.
- andrewcooke 17y ago
  I messed up. I meant[1] sycamores, and they do seem to be a kind of maple. Whether they actually are sycamores, or some other kind of maple, I have no idea. [1] More exactly, I had got the leaves/names mismatched, which is why I was pretty sure it was a maple (because of the Canadian flag). If that makes sense...! [edit: OK, they're not sycamores either, because the seeds are different. Still trying to work our what they really are.... later: I don't have a clue. I'm not even sure they're maples, because the seeds are this kind of yellow/green dust, not samaras. Sorry!] [even later, OK, they're called "Platano Oriental" (eastern banana?!). http://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Platanus_orientalis http://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Platanus_orientalis - translated in the english page as "Oriental Plane", from the Platanaceae family. So not maples at all. And here's a photo that appears to be just outside where we live, to give a picture of Chile that is significantly different from what is on the TV right now http://www.fotolog.com/mis_rincones/41894088 http://www.fotolog.com/mis_rincones/41894088 (as I write this, what feels like a V aftershock rocks the building)] [And el Mercurio - local 'posh' paper - now have photos up. Probably the best collection of photos of the quake, if anyone is still curious - http://www.fotos.emol.com/?G_ID=13635 http://www.fotos.emol.com/?G_ID=13635 ]