Babsy the uneducated "teacher" babbled:

> > >Maybe ficelle is French for crostini.
> > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ficelle
>
> Thanks, where did you find it? I never see baguettes labeled ficelle
> although they certainly fit that description.

Ficelle is French for thread. Oddly enough, bakers call long, extra-thin
baguettes by the same name. Who could ever imagine such unlikely nomenclature?