Chinrest

[Marsopa]

Any ideas for this?

Thanks,

Marsopa

[Rusty]

mentonera

[CrOtALiTo]

Without ideas about it.

[Tomisimo]

Another option might be to just explain it so it's more understandable. I don't doubt that mentonera exists, but not everyone's going to understand that. You might say "donde apoyas la barbilla".

By the way, what is the context we are talking about. What type of machine has a chinrest?

[María José]

Originally Posted by Tomisimo

Another option might be to just explain it so it's more understandable. I don't doubt that mentonera exists, but not everyone's going to understand that. You might say "donde apoyas la barbilla".

By the way, what is the context we are talking about. What type of machine has a chinrest?

I guess the one they use at the opticians when you are having your eyes tested, for example. But I wouldn't know what to call it, both what you and Rusty have said sounds ok to me.

[Rusty]

A chinrest is found on violins, too. That is called the mentonera, or the descansa barbilla. The former is the more popular word.

[Marsopa]

It's always comforting to see that the "dumb" things that trip me up sometimes aren't all that obvious to you either.

[María José]

Originally Posted by Marsopa

It's always comforting to see that the "dumb" things that trip me up sometimes aren't all that obvious to you either.

Of course they aren't. And I don't find your questions dumb at all. Not even dumb between commas.

[Rusty]

Comillas are quotation marks in the US. In England, I believe they're called inverted commas.

[María José]

Originally Posted by Rusty

Comillas are quotation marks in the US. In England, I believe they're called inverted commas.

Inverted commas is quite formal, but I use it (open inverted commas, close...) When you are dictating or even talking you can also say between commas (people would know you mean " and not , because of the context) and you would even accompany it with a simultaneous movement of both index and middle finger of both hands, that I think you also use in the States. Sometimes it would mean, I'm just kidding, what I just said is an exaggeration, don't take what I just said literally; on other occasions It's not me who says this, I'm simply quoting.
When dictating you can also say (and I think that's more de tu tierra) :
" quote..."unquote.
No sé por qué me he marcado este rollo, lo siento, es que estoy en teacher mode.

[Rusty]

Yep, here in the States we use the hand movements as you said, and we say 'quote', 'unquote', or similar phrasing.
I was only pointing out that the British say (inverted) commas where we say quotation marks.

Thanks for the lesson, teach. (Do the Brits abbreviate the word teacher as I just did?)

[Tomisimo]

Thanks for the lesson María, I would never think of quotes when someone says comma At least up until now I wouldn't have

[CrOtALiTo]

Very nice and productive your information about it.

[María José]

Originally Posted by Rusty

Yep, here in the States we use the hand movements as you said, and we say 'quote', 'unquote', or similar phrasing.
I was only pointing out that the British say (inverted) commas where we say quotation marks.

Thanks for the lesson, teach. (Do the Brits abbreviate the word teacher as I just did?)

I'm sorry, just after I had turned off my computer I realized it had come across like that... (Me trying to teach Rusty some English?)
I'm not sure about the Brits, but I do say it. And that's good enough in itself, isn't it? (at myself)

[María José]

Originally Posted by Tomisimo

Thanks for the lesson María, I would never think of quotes when someone says comma At least up until now I wouldn't have

And what if I made it all up? I have a very productive imagination (j/k)

[María José]

Originally Posted by CrOtALiTo

Very nice and productive your information about it.

Thanks... I hope you were talking to me???