On Apr 11, 2005, at 9:59, Aurelia Loveman wrote:
American Guild of Lacemakers?
American Association of Lace Lovers?
That, too, would not be "age-ist" (love has no age limits <g>) any more and it, too, would no longer spread that blip-blip "word" - "lacer". Like yours, it would also state where we're coming from.
But, additionally, it would bypass the issue of "Lace*makers*" vs "Lacemakers+"... AALL pardon the pun <g>) would be covered by it - the students (both those who make lace and those who just pore over tomes), the teachers, the collectors, the designers... Even those who just like to come, watch, and ask silly questions at demos :)
Originally, I thought US Association of Lace Lovers might have been better (US ALL), but when I tried to say the acronym out loud as words.... Doubtless, due to the fact that my (foreign-trained) vowel values aren't precisely the same as those of native speakers but, it didn't sound *at all* "nice"... :) Who's to know I don't, habitually, drop my aitches?
-- Tamara P Duvall http://t-n-lace.net/ Lexington, Virginia, USA (Formerly of Warsaw, Poland)
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