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PostPosted: Mon Dec 05, 2005 1:32 pm    Post subject: Help with English Reply with quote

What are the right name for those little things that help you keep your keys together? Keychain or keyring?



/Thomas

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PostPosted: Mon Dec 05, 2005 1:45 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Keychain would be the best term.
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PostPosted: Mon Dec 05, 2005 1:50 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Thanks! - *editing* Wink

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PostPosted: Sat Dec 17, 2005 6:35 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

It's called a key ring...


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PostPosted: Sat Dec 17, 2005 8:35 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Bloody brits Smile

the ring is just that, a ring.

key chain includes a ring and chain/fob

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PostPosted: Sun Dec 18, 2005 7:09 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

I just love it when a briton and an american start language wars Laughing
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PostPosted: Sun Dec 18, 2005 9:21 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

... and what if there's no chain between ring and key?
lol
just kidding


I call it "Schlüsselanhänger" - "keyhanger" cause that word doesn't care for what eyactly holds the keys:-)))
Swedish version? Give us a lesson...
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PostPosted: Sun Dec 18, 2005 3:43 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

haha key hanger is good Smile
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PostPosted: Sun Dec 18, 2005 3:56 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

In swedish its actually "nyckelring". Nyckel=key. So a direct translation should in fact be keyring!

But to end all speculations, the only fair thing is to put them against each other in a fair fight. And what better thing to use than Googlefight!

http://www.googlefight.com/index.php?lang=en_GB&word1=keyring&word2=keychain

The winner is keychain!

Thank you all for viewing! Next week the contestants is "fourthousandfour" ,"Four-o-o-four" and "foutry-o-four".

Good night!

/T

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