In a message dated 4/5/2005 9:41:51 P.M. Eastern Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
Like Jacquie, I too read it as "old lacemakers", especially with so many people saying "lacers" (personally, not my favourite term <g>) instead of "lacemakers". The mission statement of the International Old Lacers includes people who make lace, study lace and collect lace. What word incorporates all three? I don't particularly like the word "lacer" either. At the convention in California a man asked me in the elevator what convention we were with and when I told him we were "lacers" he seemed to think I was saying "laser" as in Laser Surgery. But, of course, he was extremely puzzled about how we could actually be lasers rather than use lasers to some purpose. (Laser is an acronym for light amplification by stimulated emission of radiation.) I imagine this was not a problem fifty years ago. Now I tend to say we are "an organization of roughly 1600 Lace Enthusiasts". Devon - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
