View Single Post
Old 1st July 2009, 12:18 PM   #15
kronckew
Member
 
kronckew's Avatar
 
Join Date: Mar 2006
Location: Room 101, Glos. UK
Posts: 4,150
Default

as suspected, it's a 'knife'

we as collectors are a lot more anal about assigning labels, which tend to gather momentum as more people use them, gaining a life of their own to the point where if i were to call it a 'pisau' (also essentially means 'knife') i'd provoke a storm of comment. i imagine a 'normal' (non-collector) native from the area would if shown a 'choora' would still call it a 'pisau'.
kronckew is offline   Reply With Quote