[rollei_list] Re: Stillson Wrenches and Zerk Fittings

I think it is just that spanner and spaniard sound
similar in English pronunciation. Motor racing has an
argot all of its own, I haven't heard that slang
outside the business.

--- Emilio Perea <eperea@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> On Tue, Jul 22, 2008 at 06:44:33PM +0100, FRANK
> DERNIE wrote:
> > (Spanner is the UK word, often used slang term
> "spaniard"
> > in the motor racing business, as in pass me that
> 12mm spaniard
> > would you?)
> 
> FWIW, the usual term for an adjustable spanner in
> Spanish is "llave
> inglesa".  (Possibly each associates the other with
> nuts. :-)
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