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Masa - 23 Feb 2010 00:44 GMT

Here's an interview with Patrica Cornwell.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VN3GxOUPbms

Entirely her English is a little fast for me.
I hear that the interviewer asks about the belt she has on there.
How she explains about it?
To my ear, it sounds like "class belt" or "cast belt" something like
that.

Anyway what I dictated about that part is:

t
Kay scarpetta becoming one of the American best, loved characters
Kay scarpetta 16th book in series in store
right now patricai cornwell right now is with us and your belt
I know
This is Scarpetta class
many, many years made for me celebrated Scarpetta her 24th
aniversary
because I wrote 1988

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John O'Flaherty - 23 Feb 2010 02:24 GMT

>Here's an interview with Patrica Cornwell.
>http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VN3GxOUPbms
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>aniversary
>because I wrote 1988

She's saying "This is the Scarpetta crest", referring to the
decorative belt buckle.
(This is at about 40 seconds in.)

The closest definition in AHD is:
a. Heraldry A device placed above the shield on a coat of arms.
b. A representation of such a device.

So, speaking loosely, a distinctive identifying decoration.

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Masa - 23 Feb 2010 04:46 GMT

> She's saying "This is the Scarpetta crest", referring to the
> decorative belt buckle.
> (This is at about 40 seconds in.)

Sorry for having bothered you. Thanks.
Crest reminds me of S mark on Superman.
He must have the crest belt around the waist.

We don't have such a custom, so it makes it more interesting.

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tony cooper - 23 Feb 2010 05:05 GMT

>> She's saying "This is the Scarpetta crest", referring to the
>> decorative belt buckle.
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>
>We don't have such a custom, so it makes it more interesting.

I'm making an assumption that you are Japanese. Are the Kanji family
tattoo symbols not a similar custom? They are not as removable as a
belt or a crest on the pocket, but they are "crests" of a type.

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Athel Cornish-Bowden - 23 Feb 2010 09:34 GMT

>> Here's an interview with Patrica Cornwell.
>> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VN3GxOUPbms
[quoted text clipped - 26 lines]
>
> So, speaking loosely, a distinctive identifying decoration.

Your definitions are fine, but it's worth noting that in every day
practice (i.e when not talking with heralds) the definition is very
loose indeed. People (at least in the UK) frequently use "crest" to
mean coat of arms.

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