I am at an impasse here. Many french speaking woodturners in eastern Canada use the expression "Sauterelle noire to describe Black Locust wood. Other woodworker in France are referring to "Robinier". I wonder if we can get a consensus on the common word use among the french speaking wood turners.
TIA
According to the Office Québecois de la langue française
Locust (including black locust) is translated as "robinier"
Honey locust is translated as "févier épineux"
H>I am at an impasse here.
Why worry about how the French say things - they are becoming more and more irrellavent.
Thanks John,
Over in Nova Scotia the french speaking woodturners use Sautrelle Noir. I wonder where this expression originated.
The English word you were looking for is "irrelevant"
I know, I intentionally made the "mistake" as a way to poke fun at my own comment -
It may be pronounced that way, but the word for grasshopper/locust is "sauterelle" according to my French/English Dictionary. I understand the French have a way for sautéing sauterelles that is magnifique!*G*
Yes Leif you are right, it's sauterelle. black locust is called "robinier", sometimes "faux acacia" (false acacia), because of the latin name "robinia pseudo acacia". I've never heard someone here saying "sauterelle noire" for a tree, but I always like the way our Canadian cousins translate English words (thinking to hot dog *G*). Pascal
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