Hi,
>> abseiling. I always figured folks who said abseiling were
>> just being pretentious.
> 'abseil' is the word used in British English, even by gritty,
> unpretentious mountaineering types. We also recognise 'rappel',
> which is also from French
I should have pointed out that 'abseil' is more likely to be German in
origin than French, so probably even less pretentious than 'rappel'.
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Bob
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