"necoandjeff" <spam@schrepfer.com> wrote in message
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> "Musashi" <Miyamoto@Hosokawa.co.jp> wrote in message
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> >
> > "Jamie" <jamie@nospam.net> wrote in message
> > news:1091635934.8877.0@despina.uk.clara.net...
> > >
> > > <snip>
> > > どうもすみません　for the gibberish earlier...
> > >
> > > > >
> > > > > "Ken Yasumoto-Nicolson" <ken_nicolson@hotmail.com> wrote
> > > > > >
> > > > > > What's the Japanese for tinfoil hat?
> > > > > >
> > > >
> > > and will try again to answer this:
> > >
> > > チンフォル　ハット。
> > >
> > > would be my guess...
> > >
> > > ジェイミー
> > >
> >
> > Tinfoil hat should be アルミホイル　帽子
>
> Unless it is actually made of tin, in which case it would be スズホイル帽
子

This is true. But isn't all "tinfoil" today "aluminum foil"?
Perhaps similar to how a "can" is still called "tin" in the UK?