In American English, if it’s at the front of a car, protecting the radiator, it’s a “grill", not a “grate". I have no idea what they call it in England. If it’s a thing that an HVAC system blows hot or cold air through, it’s a grate. Ditto for an older convection heating system with a furnace in the basement under a decorative metal piece strong enough to walk on, mounted on the floor with holes in the decorative pattern large enough for heat to rise up through, it’s a “grate”. The sheet-metal kitchen tool with sharp blades along one edge of each hole in an array of holes, used to cut cheese or vegetables into small bits when you scrape them across in one direction, it’s a “grate”. If it covers a window to stop people from escaping or breaking in to steal stuff, spaced wide enough to easily see through, but not wide enough to stick your head through, it’s called “bars”. If it’s at the edge of a balcony or stairway, it’s a “railing”. If the bars run sideways between two rails, spaced for climbing, it’s a “ladder”. And while it is a “grill” if it’s the thing food is cooked on for a barbecue, the stuff that gets cooked on it is called “great”. pItlh charghwI’ ‘utlh (ghaH, ghaH, -Daj)
On Oct 12, 2023, at 5:11 AM, sustel trimboli.name via tlhIngan-Hol <tlhingan-hol@lists.kli.org> wrote:
When it's a barbeque, it's a "grill." When it's a barrier, it's a "grate."
-------- Original message -------- From: "Lieven L. Litaer via tlhIngan-Hol" <tlhingan-hol@lists.kli.org> Date: 10/12/23 1:26 AM (GMT-05:00) To: tlhingan-hol@kli.org Cc: "Lieven L. Litaer" <levinius@gmx.de> Subject: [tlhIngan Hol] DIvI' Hol mu' vIpoQ
I have an unusual request: I'm looking for an English word, and I can't look it up in the Dictionary because the term is quite general.
wanI' Huj vIchenmoH: DIvI' Hol mu' vISamnIS. Do'Ha' lI'be' mu'ghom, mu' le' 'oHbe'chugh mu'vam.
What is the correct English word for the metal frame that is used on a barbecue where you put the meat on?
chay' baS tlhat ponglu'? roD Ha'DIbaH meQmeH 'oH lo'lu'. DIvI' Hol mu' vIpoQ.
And when such a grid is used on a window to stop birds or intruders, what's that term?
'ej 'elwI' botmeH QorwaghDaq jomlu'chugh, vaj chay' 'oH ponglu'?
Satlho'.
-- Lieven L. Litaer aka the "Klingon Teacher from Germany" http://www.tlhInganHol.com <http://www.tlhinganhol.com/> http://klingon.wiki/En/AliceInWonderland _______________________________________________ tlhIngan-Hol mailing list tlhIngan-Hol@lists.kli.org http://lists.kli.org/listinfo.cgi/tlhingan-hol-kli.org _______________________________________________ tlhIngan-Hol mailing list tlhIngan-Hol@lists.kli.org <mailto:tlhIngan-Hol@lists.kli.org> http://lists.kli.org/listinfo.cgi/tlhingan-hol-kli.org