On 10/22/07 10:39 AM, Aurelia Loveman wrote:
Two by-the-ways: 1) Although the geographic place is
certainly spelled "Tenerife" (with one f), the needlework
is properly spelled "Teneriffe" with two f's. Don't ask
me why.
English spelling was very ad hoc in the eighteenth century
(and, presumably, earlier); you'd find several different
spellings of the same word in a single document written all
at one sitting. It's not surprising that people talking
about the place and people talking about the lace would
choose different spellings when consistency came into style.
It's lucky that it is that way: people in Tenerife can make
any kind of lace, and people anywhere can make Teneriffe
Lace, so it's nice to have even a small clue when discussing
Tenerife tatting or California Teneriffe."
It would be nice to take the capital off "teneriffe", too --
we don't capitalize "Tatting".
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Joy Beeson
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