[lace-chat] Re: British expressions
On Feb 19, 2006, at 17:01, [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Vicki) wrote: A while back someone was "collecting" British-isms which were generally not used in the US and/or Canada. Wasn't me; I "collect" grammatical horrors :) Came accross another one today, in New York Times, Op-Ed section. There was an article on Lincoln (today was the Presidents' Day -- no mail etc) and his wife and, in it, the following "raisin" (or "plum" ): "In the lecture he gave shortly after the president's death, Herndon said that Lincoln had never loved his wife because his heart belonged to Ann Rutledge, a neighbor who died at the age of 22 and whom some historians believe was courted by Lincoln". [...] WHOM some historians believe WAS COURTED [...] The author -- Samuel A. Schreiner Jr -- is, obviously, as enamoured of long and convoluted sentences as I am :) But that's no excuse for letting the tail end of a sentence go out of grammatical control... This blooper is less common than the one I was foaming-at-the-mouth about recently, but I do see versions of it from time to time. And it's another argument for Martha's theory that, in a language which has very few case endings, those which do exist are likely to be misunderstood through lack of practice. The guy wrote a book, too (at least... I think it might be a book. Only the title was given: "The Trials of Mrs Lincoln", and no publisher)... Anyone know how we came to use "bangs" in the US? Don't *know*, but my guess would be it comes from the -- adverbial -- "bang": "with sudden impact, abruptly". Which is how the hair stops on the forehead when it's cut in a "fringe". -- Tamara P Duvallhttp://t-n-lace.net/ Lexington, Virginia, USA (Formerly of Warsaw, Poland) To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace-chat [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[lace-chat] Re Secret Pal
Dear secret pal in New Zealand, Thank you for my lovely parcel, I love the calendar and the coasters with the scenery on it, we have never been over there but we might make it one day. The bobbins and thread I will put to good use and the bookmark I will use in my lace books. Thank you again, Your Aussie pal, Shirley. [EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace-chat [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[lace-chat] Sudoku
Hi All, The morning after I wrote about working on the 11 - 9x9 puzzle Sudoku I found two "9"s in the same row : ( Oh no!! I've started over and will let you know how I fare . Jane in Vermont, USA [EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace-chat [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [lace-chat] Tiger tape
At 04:39 AM 2/20/06 EST, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Can someone in America tell me what "Tiger Tape" is, please. > > I found a web page showing how to use it to hold gathered fabric/lace in > place while sewing it to straight fabric or entredeux for heirloom sewing. > It > must peel off again without leaving any sticky residue behind. Tiger tape is a striped tape intended to help a hand-stitcher make uniform stitches. I've never bought any because it's rather expensive (or was the last time I paid any attention), you need a separate roll of tape for every length of stitch, and it isn't likely that one of the standard stripe-widths will be right for the stitch that I happen to have in mind. I definitely wouldn't recommend Tiger Tape for a beginner, because it would distract attention from the cues he should be learning to use. I can see it for certain forms of embroidery. I imagine quilters buy most of the Tiger Tape that is sold. Your description suggests that removable correction tape would do the job fine. Post It is the most common brand here. One-line tape would be closest to Tiger Tape, but I nearly always use two-line tape, which is one-third inch (.85 cm) wide, to keep my stitching straight. Post It also comes in six-line (1", 2.54 cm). You should be able to find re-positionable correction tape at any real stationer's and many "office supply" big-box stores -- nowadays typists print a fresh copy instead of correcting the old one, but removable tape still has its uses for, for example, censoring a photocopy without being obvious about it or damaging the original. I used Post It tape to clean up the line art for the advertisements in the club newsletter I used to edit. -- digression copy-shop clerk: It looks as though someone folded your original. me: You wouldn't *believe* my original. copy-shop clerk: Oh, yes, I would! both: -- /digression Correction tape is splendid for making temporary labels on bobbins and the like. (Sewing-machine bobbins, that is -- I gather that kloepplers sometimes mark bobbins, but correction tape would be likely to peel off a curved surface, and I don't imagine that the ability to *write* on the tape would be much use.) When cycling, I sometimes mark stops on my map by cutting points on slips of removable correction tape and writing the name of the store or whatever on the tape. It's easier to see than a pencil mark, more precise than writing directly on the map, and if tape obscures useful information, I can move it. Not to mention that I can peel all the marks off and use the map again for a different trip. (There are ready-made arrows for such purposes, but it's easier to make two snips on a bit of tape -- and, come to think of it, simply cutting tape off the roll at an angle would do fine -- than to keep track of one more container of stuff.) I use removable address labels to make a spacing guide for hand-sewn hook eyes. I draw the spacing on the label, then sew through it and tear it off around the finished row of eyes. The inch-wide labels on hand are too wide, so I draw two sets of eyes on a label and draw a cutting line down the middle. (This is easier than drawing two sets separately, since one set of cross-lines does for all. I usually mark a whole sheet of six labels, and put the spares away for later use.) -- Joy Beeson http://joybeeson.home.comcast.net/ http://roughsewing.home.comcast.net/ http://n3f.home.comcast.net/ -- Writers' Exchange http://www.timeswrsw.com/craig/cam/ (local weather) west of Fort Wayne, Indiana, U.S.A. To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace-chat [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [lace-chat] British expressions
Hi All, I think the 'Bishy Bishy Barnabees' is derived from Bishop Bonner's Bees - but I don't know who or when - or why! - they were named after the said gentleman of the cloth!But - there is a Museum in Dereham (I think its Dereham!!!) called Bishop Bonner's Cottage Museum, which apparently has, amongst other things, a local history bit, so as I am going to visit my parents in Norfolk on the first weekend in March, I will try and make a trip there, andlet you all know what I find out about Bishop Bonner. I think it is fairly local, as I have never heard ladybirds called that anywhere else and, in the course of my life, we have lived all over the place, and it is only Norfolk where I have heard them called that! Carol - in Suffolk - next door to Norfolk - where it is jolly cold, very windy, and extremely grey today! > want another one? > > Bishy barny bees - ladybirds > To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace-chat [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[lace-chat] Tiger tape
Can someone in America tell me what "Tiger Tape" is, please. I found a web page showing how to use it to hold gathered fabric/lace in place while sewing it to straight fabric or entredeux for heirloom sewing. It must peel off again without leaving any sticky residue behind. Many thanks, Jacquie To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace-chat [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
