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<p>[QUOTE="Any Jewelry, post: 515460, member: 2844"]I'm with kyra, an Art Deco bar brooch, in the classic Deco combination of silver and onyx. I think North Americans would call it a pin.</p><p>I have found that North Americans use the term pin more often than Europeans do (including the UK). What I remember from Australia is that the Aussies have the same definition of brooch and pin as we Europeans do.</p><p><br /></p><p>As they say, divided by a common language.<img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie75" alt=":playful:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Any Jewelry, post: 515460, member: 2844"]I'm with kyra, an Art Deco bar brooch, in the classic Deco combination of silver and onyx. I think North Americans would call it a pin. I have found that North Americans use the term pin more often than Europeans do (including the UK). What I remember from Australia is that the Aussies have the same definition of brooch and pin as we Europeans do. As they say, divided by a common language.:playful:[/QUOTE]
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