Talk:Marble
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Having verified the etymology with the OED, I removed these comments from the article:
- If this can be verified, it should stay.
- Partridge has "marmaros," large stone or boulder, influenced by "marmarein," to glimmer or shine. Does etymology belong here at all?
-- Heron
Catherine moved this unsigned comment to talk page:
- This can and should stay provided more details are provided. For example, the folklore of which folk, exactly? Rocks and minerals aren't really all that intrinsically interesting to most people (I *am* a geologist), folklore, history and cultural traditions are important.
[edit] Other senses
Should we record that "marbles" is also slang for "testicles", and, metaphorically, for "courage", "machismo" etc.?
Jorge Stolfi 01:11, 12 Jun 2004 (UTC)
Not to mention sanity - he's lost his marbles? I don't think those belong here. I rather think that they are associated with 'marbles,' the glass spheres used in games, as opposed to marble, which is carved -- although I don't know about the testicle thing. Certainly marble has been carved into testicles. I hadn't heard that connotation, so I don't know for certain which it is associated with. 162.40.144.138 13:23, 21 September 2005 (UTC)
[edit] Picture
How about a picture of the Venus de Milo? 128.6.176.51 21:22, 8 March 2006 (UTC) ian is cool
[edit] Copyedit
After the recent changes, this article is in very desperate need of a copyedit. I don't know enough about marble to do one, though. Anyone game? 71.141.248.13 05:20, 19 September 2006 (UTC)
- Moved the section to Stones of India and fixed a bit. Vsmith 11:01, 19 September 2006 (UTC)
