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Date: Sun, 9 May 2004 14:00:17 EDT
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In a message dated 2004-05-09 9:04:43 AM Eastern Daylight Time, Jim Carter <jimc@MATH.UCLA.EDU> writes:

fetsi klupe (fetyklupe?) = female screw. This male/female metaphor is
standard, at least in electrical engineering.

i'd broaden it to all engineering, including automotive engineering and carpentry, at least in english. whether it's so in other languages i don't know.

i just looked up the russian, which is "gajka - female screw, nut". 'female' there means 'enveloping, enclosing' (okhvatyvayushchij) or 'embracing, enveloping' (obnimayushchij).

so, at least in russian, the metaphor is lost.
stevo

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