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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Bronwen, post: 361390, member: 5833&quot;]It is routinely shortened just to <i>habillé</i>, &amp; since the word processing function of eBay US does not have an option to insert what for English speakers are &#039;special characters&#039;, usually you see just habille.&nbsp; It gets the point across; I&#039;m not bothered by seeing it that way.&nbsp; (What does annoy me is when sellers list something as a cameo that is actually a cabochon.)&nbsp; My four years of high school French did not teach me this phrase, nothing appalling about not knowing it.&nbsp; Wallowing in the glyptics world the way I do, I learn all sorts of &#039;weird&#039; words, such as anguiped &amp; apotropaic.&nbsp; Being a self-appointed cameo educator, I try to dispense the most accurate info I can.&nbsp; <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie100" alt=":writer:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /><img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie92" alt=":turtle:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /><img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie49" alt=":happy:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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