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1. English to American (score: 1)
Author: "Ken Waringa" <kwaringa@dynsys.com>
Date: Thu, 23 Mar 2000 08:27:13 -0600
I'm looking at some parts from England, and I don't know what a "Plinth" is. Can anyone enlighten me? I lived in Scotland for almost 10 years during my Navy career, and I asked an English friend, but
/html/mgs/2000-03/msg01176.html (7,554 bytes)

2. Re: English to American (score: 1)
Author: Bob Howard <mgbob@juno.com>
Date: Thu, 23 Mar 2000 10:21:10 -0500
Plinth is something that Americans usually call a bezel. It's the (usually) chromed piece onto which the glass of a lamp would be mounted, as in the front parking/turn signal lamps on an MGB, or the
/html/mgs/2000-03/msg01177.html (8,170 bytes)

3. Re: English to American (score: 1)
Author: "Michael Torrusio" <mtorrusi@maine.rr.com>
Date: Thu, 23 Mar 2000 10:46:45 -0800
Plinth is the Platform for Intelligent Hypertext. http://www.aiai.ed.ac.uk/project/plinth/datasheet/what.html So if you hook it up you'll have a flying intelligence. Which may be helpful especially i
/html/mgs/2000-03/msg01178.html (9,250 bytes)

4. Re: English to American (score: 1)
Author: David C Littlefield <dmeadow@juno.com>
Date: Thu, 23 Mar 2000 09:49:37 -0600
A plinth is any sort of base, and usually refers to a base that stands up a bit to hold something else. For example, my MGA MkII has its taillights mounted on a plinth. The plinth is the metal housin
/html/mgs/2000-03/msg01179.html (9,633 bytes)

5. Re: English to American (score: 1)
Author: "Lawrie Alexander" <Lawrie@britcars.com>
Date: Thu, 23 Mar 2000 07:56:58 -0800
Talk about confusing the issue! As an Englishman who has lived in the States for 32 years, may I offer a further clarification? (Theoretically, I am bi-lingual............!) Using your T-series exam
/html/mgs/2000-03/msg01180.html (9,700 bytes)

6. Re: English to American (score: 1)
Author: "Peter C." <nosimport@mailbag.com>
Date: Thu, 23 Mar 2000 10:37:14 -0600
What about an escutcheon?
/html/mgs/2000-03/msg01183.html (8,746 bytes)

7. Re: English to American (score: 1)
Author: David C Littlefield <dmeadow@juno.com>
Date: Thu, 23 Mar 2000 10:52:02 -0600
On Thu, 23 Mar 2000 10:37:14 -0600 "Peter C." <nosimport@mailbag.com> No thanks, I just ate. Seriously, an escutcheon is a protective or ornamental plate or flange (as around a keyhole). I see the te
/html/mgs/2000-03/msg01185.html (8,317 bytes)

8. Re: English to American (score: 1)
Author: "Michael Torrusio" <mtorrusi@maine.rr.com>
Date: Thu, 23 Mar 2000 12:07:41 -0800
They're a group of hippies that used to live in and around -- Michael Torrusio, Jr. USCG Master Seven Seas Yacht Delivery 443 253-0200 -- <kwaringa@dynsys.com>
/html/mgs/2000-03/msg01187.html (9,194 bytes)

9. Re: English to American (score: 1)
Author: "British Sportscar Center" <Lawrie@britcars.com>
Date: Thu, 23 Mar 2000 09:06:21 -0800
That would be the English term for a bezel........ Lawrie -- Original Message -- From: Peter C. <nosimport@mailbag.com> To: Lawrie Alexander <Lawrie@britcars.com>; Bob Howard <mgbob@juno.com>; <kwari
/html/mgs/2000-03/msg01188.html (9,515 bytes)

10. Re: English to American (score: 1)
Author: Bob Howard <mgbob@juno.com>
Date: Thu, 23 Mar 2000 11:57:11 -0500
mea culpa
/html/mgs/2000-03/msg01189.html (8,909 bytes)

11. Re: English to American (score: 1)
Author: "Steve Conley" <swconley@foxinternet.net>
Date: Thu, 23 Mar 2000 09:30:55 -0800
Oh no, don't start dragging Latin into this conversation! Et tu, Bob? Steve Conley Marysville, WA USA '76 MGB Roadster swconley@foxinternet.net MGB Online: http://web3.foxinternet.net/swconley NW MG
/html/mgs/2000-03/msg01191.html (10,197 bytes)

12. Re: English to American (score: 1)
Author: "Richard Crump" <rcrump@enid.com>
Date: Thu, 23 Mar 2000 12:01:12 -0600
A plinth is the rubber gasket that the lamp sits on. The word means base and is normally used in reference to the base of a statue. Richard Crump, esq, USA -- Original Message -- From: Ken Waringa <k
/html/mgs/2000-03/msg01195.html (9,134 bytes)

13. Re: English to American (score: 1)
Author: Dan Dwelley <ddwelley@excite.com>
Date: Thu, 23 Mar 2000 10:13:42 -0800 (PST)
Could you explain the side mirror plinth... It's not a rubber gasket. You are correct as it being a base though. Dan Dwelley 77 Midget Alexandria, Va. "Plinth" during no Dan Dwelley 77 Midget Alexand
/html/mgs/2000-03/msg01201.html (9,792 bytes)

14. Re: English to American (score: 1)
Author: bburrows@webtv.net (Bruce Burrows)
Date: Thu, 23 Mar 2000 13:32:13 -0500 (EST)
--WebTV-Mail-18599-1372 To me the work "plinth" always brings to mind a special piece of rubber which separates the body of the car from whatever item (taillight, mirror base, etc.) attached to it. B
/html/mgs/2000-03/msg01205.html (11,410 bytes)

15. RE: English to American (score: 1)
Author: "Dodd, Kelvin" <doddk@mossmotors.com>
Date: Thu, 23 Mar 2000 10:45:10 -0800
Since I get to write application descriptions everyday, I guess perhaps I can offer expert assistance? In the applications I write. A plinth is a riser of some type, normally used to match a standar
/html/mgs/2000-03/msg01207.html (11,399 bytes)

16. Re: English to American (score: 1)
Author: bburrows@webtv.net (Bruce Burrows)
Date: Thu, 23 Mar 2000 14:46:59 -0500 (EST)
--WebTV-Mail-31128-2778 OK, I was wrong. (Damn! I hate when that happens!) To me what matters is not what I or somebody else here thinks a plinth is, what matters is what the folks at Abingdon though
/html/mgs/2000-03/msg01212.html (13,768 bytes)

17. Re: English to American (score: 1)
Author: "Paul Hunt" <paul.hunt1@virgin.net>
Date: Thu, 23 Mar 2000 19:58:41 -0000
The side mirror plinth is the plastic piece that sits between the 'chrome' mirror support and the door skin. Can't imagine what "Front Wing Plinth and Rear Wing Lamp Lower Plinths" are, though, unles
/html/mgs/2000-03/msg01218.html (10,377 bytes)

18. Re: English to American (score: 1)
Author: "David Hill" <Davhill@btinternet.com>
Date: Thu, 23 Mar 2000 22:31:14 -0000
Unless its Danish, in which case it's 'Hamlet'. (Work it out). Dave H. Can I Telework for you? See what I do, at... http://www.angelfire.com/biz4/davtel/index.html Troubled by a phobia? Know someone
/html/mgs/2000-03/msg01240.html (8,322 bytes)

19. Re: English to American (score: 1)
Author: "James H. Nazarian, Ph.D." <microdoc@apk.net>
Date: Fri, 24 Mar 2000 09:52:30 -0500
A plinth is a pedestal on which a turn signal lamp or tail lamp is mounted. They are usually cast metal. Jim
/html/mgs/2000-03/msg01287.html (8,004 bytes)

20. Re: English to American (score: 1)
Author: "Paul Hunt" <paul.hunt1@virgin.net>
Date: Thu, 23 Mar 2000 20:18:53 -0000
In that case it's a gasket, in modern parts parlance. by (8.9.1/8.9.1) id by (8.9.1/8.9.1) id <mgs@autox.team.net> base either. but
/html/mgs/2000-03/msg01290.html (15,493 bytes)


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