Dear Shadow Watchers, On Friday the 18th, Fernando replied:
>Thibaud Taudin-Chabot wrote: > >> I came also across the word 'semáforo solar'. Is that an incorrect use? > >Is this a joke? I can't see any meaning in it. Do you brothers from >Portugal see any meaning here? > >I could imagine an instrument that indicates if the sun is shining or not. >We could call that object a "semáforo solar". Even in this case >it would be pushed too far. > >As you all know, "semáforo" (semaphore) means indicator, flag, >signalizer, etc. So a "semáforo solar" would be some kind of >>signal based on the sunshine. > >Perhaps a device lost people >could use to send signals to airplanes saying indicating they >need help. This kind of usage would make sense to me. > I wonder if it is a translation for "heliograph', a device for sending Morse code by flashing the sun's rays from a mirror? cheers, Peter ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Peter Mayer | [EMAIL PROTECTED] Politics Department | University of Adelaide | 'phone:+61.8 8303 5606/5610 Adelaide, SA 5005 | FAX: (+61.8) 8303 3446 AUSTRALIA | ----------------------------------------------------------------------