Not offended at all! Some of us native English speakers assumed it was a pun--a play on words, exploring the similar spellings/sounds and different meanings between the two words "transvestite" and "travesty." ----- Original Message ----- From: "Deredere Galbraith" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Historical Costume" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Wednesday, December 06, 2006 11:18 AM Subject: Re: [h-cost] A visit from your English major
> OOps :-[ > English is not my native language. > So I hope I didn't offended anyone because it was certainly not my > intention. > In Dutch it is called a "travestiet" > Didn't know that you write it different in English. > :-) > Greetings, > Deredere > > Lauren Walker wrote: > > Deredere Galbraith wrote: > > > > > >> One of the mistakes a lot of travesties make is that they use to much > >> makeup. > >> And colors that are too hard. > >> Greetings, > >> Deredere > > > > > > I hope I am not being dense about a deliberate pun, but I think we are > > talking about "transvestites" here, not "travesties". Though of course > > camp is itself something of a good-natured sort of travesty. > > Best, > > Lauren > > Lauren M. Walker _______________________________________________ h-costume mailing list [email protected] http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume
