[lace-chat] English is hard to learn

From Tamara: Then there are words invented by the young find their way into the language, like hoodies, which is how the youngsters that gather together on street corners refer to themselves after the hooded fleece tops they wear. Are you sure? It's been my understanding that the ethymology

[lace-chat] SPTHANKS

Hello to my wonderful Secret Pal, Thank you for yet another great package.The hedgehog has joined my growing collection along with some I collected in Europe recently.Ilove the bobbins and the tatting shuttle earings. The snowflake has found a place on one of my projects. Thank you also for the

Re: [lace-chat] English is hard to learn

Hi Spiders, At 09:09 AM 04-09-03 +0100, you wrote: Dear Lace Chatters, Jean Nathan wrote:- (snip) They said was that people who move to another region keep using some of the words from their region of origin to hang on to their roots, but that it isn't done consciously. My husband says

[lace-chat] using a car in central London - long

Travelling in London, I might have been born in London, love going there but after the last three trips I am not sure when we will next go. First trip just travelling to Paddington from Newbury took me over 3 hours, there were four changes of trains, sat in a train for half and hour at one stage,

Re: [lace-chat] English is hard to learn

'Hoodie' in the US might come from neighbourhood, but we tend not to use that word here. Teenage boys in both Chicago and London currently refer to their hooded tops as hoodies, not sweatshirts as they were once called, but I don't know about gangs Sue Babbs (in Chicago, with a teenage son who

Re: [lace-chat] using a car in central London - long

Jean and the spiders, Third trip: We had to buy a battery for my computer, so we thought we would then go afterwards to The Imperial War Museum. Only snag you have to pay a 5 pounds congestion charge, Sorry, thought I'd made the offer before - my dad, as some of you know, is registered blind.

[lace-chat] Re: Re: English is hard to learn

At 12:33 AM 9/5/03 -0400, Tamara P. Duvall wrote: Are you sure? It's been my understanding that the ethymology of this one comes from 'hood -- as in neighbourhood... And in my generation, hood was short for hoodlum, which caused me considerable confusion when people started calling *themselves*

Re: [lace-chat] using a car in central London - long

What is a congestion charge??? Sumac To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace-chat [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]

[lace-chat] Driving in central London

Sumac wrote: What is a congestion charge??? In order to cut down the amount of traffic in central London, when you enter it on any road, you have to pay 5 pounds. There are cameras on all roads which capture the car's number plate and compare it with number plates registered on a central

[lace-chat] Baseball caps worn backwards

In the school I last taught in baseball caps were know as IQ reducers because, although boys started wearing them the proper way, they soon turned them backwards and made themselves look like idiots. Jean in Poole To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe

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I don't much care which way they wear them - I'd jusl like them to remove them indoors! Cowboy (the dimestore variety, expecially) fall into this category, too!!! Just a little ettiquite! Linda, the string-a-holic in Oregon - Original Message - From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL