Re: Pewter/Tin/ Lead

At 19:49 2002-06-10 +0200, K.H.Ranitzsch wrote:
>This could be different national tradition for casting and naming toy
>soldiers. In Germany they are known as Zinnsoldaten ( Tin figures ),
>whereas, AFAIK, in English they usually are called Lead Soldiers - as
in
>Spanish (Soldados de Plomo). Pewter drinking vessels are also called
'Zinn'
>in Germany.
>
>Don't know about Swedish, though.

Good point!

Swedish is like german in this matter, tennsoldater, tennstop, etc. So, 
yes, we focus on the tin part of the alloy.

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Henrix