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Old 02-11-2005, 11:59 AM
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Originally Posted by Steve K
It is interesting that in German you call them Krokodilsklemmen (crocodile clamps) we call them alligator clamps!
Steve
That's really interesting! You have alligators in your country and therefore you have alligator clamps. The correct German expression has to be lizard clamps (= Eidechsenklemme), for we have neither crocodiles nor alligators but only small lizards in our country. But "Krokodilsklemme" sounds much more exciting. See you later, alligator...
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