On 18/06/2013 prb wrote:
And while I'm on a roll,
>it's "mantel" not "mantle", and...
Ooooh - some wonderful nitpicking here. Mantel (n) is the shelf above a fireplace, and the origin of the climbing term, so I see your point. But I'm calling it open to adjudication, as the verb to "mantel/mantle" hasn't been accepted into any of the dictionaries that I can find, but "dismantle" certainly has (synonym - dismount) and I've frequently dismantled while attempting to mantel... On balance (pun intended) I'm going with you and "mantel". |