I see no connontation of toilet humour, or scatological inference in the use of the word "butt". This word has been in use for centuries in the Anglo Saxon tongue and dialects... see...(noun)Rifle Butt...the end of the shoulder stock of firearm. The (noun)Butt End...the end of lengths of rope, lumber and metal... and the phrase and word...(verb)Abutting and (noun)Abutment.
A useful, descriptive, word that should be used with impunity. And I would see its appropriate use to described the remaining piece of a meteorite that has been reduced in size to a fraction of it's mass by cutting. Regards...and no charge, Count Deiro IMCA 3536 -----Original Message----- >From: Anita Westlake <[email protected]> >Sent: Mar 28, 2011 2:37 PM >To: Michael Gilmer <[email protected]>, [email protected] >Cc: [email protected], [email protected] >Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] Polished Butts - Toliet humor aside, what >exactly are th... > >Being an x-smoker, I conjured up visions of cigarette butts. Couldn't imagine >why anyone would polish one. > >Anita > > > > >________________________________ >From: Michael Gilmer <[email protected]> >To: [email protected] >Cc: [email protected]; [email protected] >Sent: Mon, March 28, 2011 5:35:14 PM >Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] Polished Butts - Toliet humor aside, what >exactly >are th... > >Hi List, > >I agree, the word "core" is much better than "polished butt". :) > >Thanks for the explanation. I had a hunch that it was related to >thin-sections, but Google wouldn't give me anything useful or >non-offensive. > >Best regards, > >MikeG > >---------------------------------------------------------------------- >Mike Gilmer - Galactic Stone & Ironworks Meteorites > >Website - http://www.galactic-stone.com >Facebook - http://www.facebook.com/galacticstone >News Feed - http://www.galactic-stone.com/rss/126516 >Twitter - http://twitter.com/galacticstone >EOM - http://www.encyclopedia-of-meteorites.com/collection.aspx?id=1564 >----------------------------------------------------------------------- > >On 3/28/11, [email protected] <[email protected]> wrote: >> No toilet humor here. >> It is a chunk of meteorite encased in epoxy, polished, and from which >> thin-sections are cut. >> I prefer to call them "cores". >> Less possibility of misunderstanding. >> >> Anne M. Black >> _http://www.impactika.com/_ (http://www.impactika.com/) >> [email protected]_ (mailto:[email protected]) >> President, I.M.C.A. Inc. >> _http://www.imca.cc/_ (http://www.imca.cc/) >> >> >> In a message dated 3/28/2011 2:59:26 PM Mountain Daylight Time, >> [email protected] writes: >> My guess would be that it's a polished endcut. >> >> Jim K >> >> >> In a message dated 3/28/2011 3:54:41 P.M. Central Daylight Time, >> [email protected] writes: >> Hi Folks, >> >> I have seen several references to "polished butts" in the Met >> Bulletin. For example, from this recent entry (NWA 6580) approved >> yesterday - >> >> "Type specimens available at Cascadia include 1 piece originally 20.0 >> g, from which one polished thin section and one polished butt were >> made. Thompson holds the main mass." >> >> I did the usual Google Search ("polished butt") to find out what this >> was, and you don't want to know what the results of that search were. >> Let's just say, that is has nothing to do with meteorites or thin >> sections. >> >> So I have to ask the List - what is a polished butt? >> >> Best regards, >> >> MikeG >> >> > > >-- >______________________________________________ >Visit the Archives at >http://www.meteoritecentral.com/mailing-list-archives.html >Meteorite-list mailing list >[email protected] >http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list > >______________________________________________ >Visit the Archives at >http://www.meteoritecentral.com/mailing-list-archives.html >Meteorite-list mailing list >[email protected] >http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list ______________________________________________ Visit the Archives at http://www.meteoritecentral.com/mailing-list-archives.html Meteorite-list mailing list [email protected] http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list
