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ishi Junior Member Offline Slinging Rocks! Posts: 63 Windsor Ontario Gender:	foreign " sling " words Jul 25^th, 2010 at 11:31am being from Canada, i need some help from the membership here on foreign " sling " words/phrases something i can use for a search for foreign youtube sling videos glandes plumbeae > leaden acorns ( latin ) what is " SLING " in French / Spanish / Russian etc ( and other sling-related words )
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ishi Junior Member Offline Slinging Rocks! Posts: 63 Windsor Ontario Gender:	Re: foreign " sling " words Reply #1 - Jul 25^th, 2010 at 11:39am fronde = sling ( french )
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LukeWebb Funditor Offline Slinging Rocks! Posts: 801 New Brunswick Canada Gender:	Re: foreign " sling " words Reply #2 - Jul 25^th, 2010 at 11:54am http://slinging.org/forum/YaBB.pl?num=1273794863/9 ; Thats a post I put on here a while back, it has a link to a wiki page giving all of the names for slings worldwide. I think that should help.
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Steven Interfector Viris Spurii Offline RaptorIsAsRaptorDoes Posts: 2101 Austin, Tx. Gender:	Re: foreign " sling " words Reply #3 - Jul 25^th, 2010 at 11:55am See the Wiki: http://www.slinging.org/wiki/index.php?title=Sling_in_Different_Languages Foreign names
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Re: foreign " sling " words
Reply #4 - Jul 26^th, 2010 at 1:41am

http://www.slinging.org/wiki/index.php?title=Sling_in_Different_Languages 's Chinese word for sling, 弹弓 and 彈弓 actually means slingshot. Wikipedia calls the sling 投石器, which means "a device to throw rocks", so it can apply to anything that is used to throw rocks, not just the sling alone. But that is the closest word I know.
Can somebody change it? It's been bothering me.

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Re: foreign " sling " words
Reply #5 - Jul 26^th, 2010 at 6:03am

Hadlath wrote on Jul 26^th, 2010 at 1:41am:

http://www.slinging.org/wiki/index.php?title=Sling_in_Different_Languages 's Chinese word for sling, 弹弓 and 彈弓 actually means slingshot. Wikipedia calls the sling 投石器, which means "a device to throw rocks", so it can apply to anything that is used to throw rocks, not just the sling alone. But that is the closest word I know.
Can somebody change it? It's been bothering me.

Hello Hadlath,

We are at the moment using the word 抛石鞭 in Chinese. Chinese is not my first language, so I like to know your opinion about the phrase we use. Please comment.
See also http://slinging.org/forum/YaBB.pl?num=1273794863/10#10

Klaas
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Jaegoor Interfector Viris Spurii Offline Slinging Rocks! Posts: 2631 Gender:	Re: foreign " sling " words Reply #6 - Jul 26^th, 2010 at 6:40am parittya Ungary
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Paleoarts Interfector Viris Spurii Offline it don't mean a thing if you aint got that sling! Posts: 1993 oceanside, CA Gender:	Re: foreign " sling " words Reply #7 - Jul 26^th, 2010 at 10:35am honda = spanish
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Re: foreign " sling " words
Reply #8 - Jul 27^th, 2010 at 2:02am

AmdoCraft wrote on Jul 26^th, 2010 at 6:03am:

We are at the moment using the word 抛石鞭 in Chinese.

I guess it would work. The sling wouldn't really be classifies as a "鞭" - "whip", but since there is not many other whip-like things that throw rocks, it would also be less likely to be confused with other objects. As long as it's not called a slingshot...
Can someone change the word on http://www.slinging.org/wiki/index.php?title=Sling_in_Different_Languages? It still says slingshot under Chinese.

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Razgriz Novicius Offline Slinging Rocks! Posts: 6 Brazil Gender:	Re: foreign " sling " words Reply #9 - Jul 30^th, 2010 at 10:34pm It's called "Funda" here in Brazil.
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Svarog Tiro Offline Slinging Rocks! Posts: 12	Re: foreign " sling " words Reply #10 - Jul 31^st, 2010 at 4:53am In Croatian/Bosnian/Serbian language it is "praćka", pronounced as pruchka. I think it must be similar in all slavic languages.
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Lycurgus Senior Member Offline [ch924][ch927][ch923 ][ch937][ch925] [ch923][ch913][ch914 ][ch917] Posts: 445 Coventry, England Gender:	Re: foreign " sling " words Reply #11 - Aug 2^nd, 2010 at 5:02pm Okay, now thats sorted how about words for someone who uses a sling ie: Slinger
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Re: foreign " sling " words
Reply #12 - Aug 3^rd, 2010 at 9:27am

In Greek, it is called "sfendoni" Actually, it is the same name also for slingshot. As for the operator he is called "sfendonítis" or "sfendonistis". The word has mainly military use. The hunter using a sling was only named as hunter.
A more advanced model was the "kestrosfendoni" or kestros in latin. As You all know, it is used for darts. (kestros = small heavy arrow) Cool

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Paleoarts Interfector Viris Spurii Offline it don't mean a thing if you aint got that sling! Posts: 1993 oceanside, CA Gender:	Re: foreign " sling " words Reply #13 - Aug 3^rd, 2010 at 10:41am Hondero / Spanish (i think)
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Fundibularius Interfector Viris Spurii Offline Sultan of Sling Posts: 1385 Inter Mosam ac Rhenum Gender:	Re: foreign " sling " words Reply #14 - Aug 3^rd, 2010 at 4:32pm "Schleuderer" in German if male. "Schleudererin" if female.
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