FLUXLIST: Re: altoids

2003-01-07 Thread Georg Birkner
>> My dictionary is listing some 100'000 key-words. Altoid is not one of them. >> Some further explanation? That's amazing! never, never prior to this praised day, so many people have replied to a mail of mine! thank you - especially to m'lore. In fact, now i remember! my mother's second husband u

FLUXLIST: Re: altoids

2003-01-06 Thread Georg Birkner
>> My dictionary is listing some 100'000 key-words. Altoid is not one of > them. >> Some further explanation? > > > altoids are little sweeties! Thanks allan! -- Georg Birkner Dipl. Arch. ETH Roentgenstrasse 44 CH - 8005 Zürich fon: +41 (0)1 271 00 22 fax: 271 01 20 [EMAIL PROTECTED]

FLUXLIST: Re: Altoids

2003-01-06 Thread m'lore
non-colonialised equivalent of cachou 'negro spiritual' (marque déposée) - altoids (marque déposée) : little pastilles that help alto from singing russian bass - as opposed to alto horn come/came in smallish rectangular metal boxes (whereas fisherman's friend now come in paper packet) cachou '