12:23 Feb 21, 2005
I stuck with "hard metal" in the end, as this appears in all the dictionaries, and seemed to be non-specific enough - the bidders will presumably offer various alloys etc. Also, the musical term is "heavy metal", not "hard" ("hard rock" perhaps), but in any case it's irrelevant to a technical text - and how can you avoid talking about "heavy metals" in a chemical context, for example?! Also, I'm sorry Edith, I accidentally selected 3 points instead of the 4 I meant to award - hope you don't mind!! |