On Friday 15 Jul 2011 00:37:58 Alex Schuster wrote: > dict.leo.org suggests [screw] wrench or spanner. Or 'monkey wrench' for > 'englischer Schraubenschlüssel'. Ah, 'der Engländer'! An adjustable > wrench. Oh, and there even is 'crescent wrench' for 'Swiss spanner'.
I love these essays into language comparisons :-) Although all English recognise the word "wrench", "spanner" is the more commonly used here. OTOH, "monkey wrench" I associate with heavy-duty contexts, such as motor- engineering. Then there's that thing that I know of as an "adjustable spanner" - apparently the English spanner to you LOL Anne -- New to KDE Software? - get help from http://userbase.kde.org
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