"Tamara P Duvall" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wote > On Apr 8, 2005, at 0:41, Fran Higham wrote: > > > I would be very much surprised if the choice of "The Lace Guild" > > turned out > > to be something other than a reflection of the totally British > > tradition of > > the establishment of guilds > > Sorry, but guilds are *not* "the totally British tradition"... True, US > didn't have them, because it came into being too late. But they were > *all over Europe*, in every country which had arts and/or crafts of any > kind, all the way through the 16th century or so - Middle Ages and > Renaissance equivalent of "unions"... So Germany or the Netherlands > would have as much right to have "the" Lace Guild as UK (possibly more, > as lace was made there earlier)
But then they wouldn't be called "The Lace Guild" would they? They'd be called "Der" or "De" 'national lace word' organisation wouldn't they? As far as I can see there IS only one English speaking nation that I know of that has such a long history of lace and also has a history of guilds. To my way of thinking that gives that nationality every right to name their organisation THE Lace Guild. - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
