A badge?

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Buttons.
 
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I was looking at the three pictures at the bottom. Those are brooches.
 
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In British English, we call them badges. In American English, they're buttons.
 
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You'll also hear them called 'pins' in AmE. That's the term I use for them.

For what it's worth, Wikipedia offers several other alternative names.
 
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The woman's head in white is a cameo, carved from a naturally-ocurring mineral. That one happens to be hung on a chain, not pinned to a garment. Next to it is a cloisonnee pendant also on a chain. The last two pins or brooches probably come from Georg Jensen of Denmark. There is a name for their process of coating leaves or flowers in precious metals, but I can't recall it just now.
 
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Am I looking at the wrong picture? I thought we were talking about the thing which says 'Modern Talking'. Is that what you're asking about, Johnyxxx?
 
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jutfrank said:
Am I looking at the wrong picture? I thought we were talking about the thing which says 'Modern Talking'. Is that what you're asking about, Johnyxxx?
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If that's the case, it looks like a badge to me. That's what we called them when I was a teenager and was in the habit of buying them if they featured my favourite musicians.
 
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I'm pretty sure Johnny was asking about the picture at the top. The thumbnails at the bottom are pictures of other items the site thinks might be of interest to a shopper.
 
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Yes. I am talking about "Modern Talking".
 
Johnyxxx said:
Hello.

[STRIKE]I would like to ask[/STRIKE] What are these little things people [STRIKE]used to[/STRIKE] pin to their garments [STRIKE]in past are[/STRIKE] called in English?

In the past we called them buttons. Today we still call them buttons.

Thank you very much.
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You're welcome.
 
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