On Fri, 23 Feb 2007 17:27:17 -0400 Margot Walker wrote:

Isn't it interesting that in the American English they use the French
word 'paillettes' and in Canadian English, we use the British
'spangles'?  Of course, there's nothing logical about language, but
we're the English/French bilingual country :D

....and in England the commonest word is 'sequin', which derives from Arabic and I believe originally meant a small gold coin.

Bridget Marrow, in damp Hertfordshire.

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