Re: OT: Ying tong iddle-i po! (was: Ying tong iddle-i po!)

From: Owain (owain41276_at_stirlingcity.co.uk)
Date: 09/05/04 

Date: Sun, 5 Sep 2004 22:07:54 +0100

"Nigel Greenwood" wrote
| When buying a British shavehook this morning (they were fresh
| out of Mukkinese ones), I noticed on the label that it boasted
| an "integral tang for extra durability". Being intrigued by
| what was clearly a technical term, I looked it up later in my
| NSOED, which informed me that a tang is "A pointed projection
| on the blade of a knife, chisel, file, or other implement by
| which the blade is held firmly in the handle, stock, etc."
| In other words, the bit of the chisel or file etc that you
| usually never see.

We in Britain had the Stone Age and the Bronze Age; the Chinese had the Tang
Dynasty. It's surprising to think that the eradication of wobbly handles had
such a profound effect on Chinese society.

Owain

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