[lace-chat] possies
If Aussie Poms are Possies , what does that make me, an Aussie French? A Fossie, a FrOz, or a Frozzie? Helene, the froggy from Melbourne I don't know whether Possie is in general circulation My tame Aussie is british born and told me yesterday that this made him a PomOz .. Find local movie times and trailers on Yahoo! Movies. http://au.movies.yahoo.com To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace-chat [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[lace-chat] bad Englsih
You are quite right, Jean, it should be with, not of. The one I really abominate, and you see everywhere is Free giftAnd it's not only in English, I've seen it in French in shops and magazines too. Do you find the same in other languages? Helene, the froggy from Melbourne Am I right or am I wrong? Today I went to the local DIY store and there was a very large notice in the ntrance foyer trying to persuade people to buy trailers to put their purchases in and then tow behind their cars. The notice was: Are you fed up of scratching or overloading your car? I think it should be: Are you fed up with scratching or overloading your car? and that the notice is just typical of sloppy English. The same store frequently has groups or suites of items comprising of written on its notices. Before I write to the manager suggestig he employs a signwriter with some knowledge of the English language, is the current notice in the foyer wrong, or have I been wrong all my life? Find local movie times and trailers on Yahoo! Movies. http://au.movies.yahoo.com To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace-chat [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [lace-chat] Eden Weekend
Liz, I have only done the weekend thing once and it was a great chance to get together with other lacemakers. The year I lived down that way I didn't get there. Noelene, what week is it this year, I was just looking at my calendar and I think our trip to the Gold Coast is the next week. This calendar doesn't show Mother's Day, so I don't know which is the following weekend. Lynn Scott, Wollongong, Australia To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace-chat [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [lace-chat] Possie
Which of course Noelene is why I didn't say cossie, you've seen me in one, and there is no way that is going public. Actually I was using Canuck (which is a slang term for Canadian) with the Aussie. Ca-ussie. Lynn Scott, Wollongong, Australia To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace-chat [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[lace-chat] Language is cool
Yes English spelling can be really confusing. Weird is one word that doesn't follow the general rule and Neil - my nephew's name - is another which really confused me I always wanted to follow the rule. Rules in English spelling are always only guidelines and as the old adage says 'The exception proves the rule'. Which of course doesn't make sense until you realise that prove in this case means test. For those word smiths it is also the case that we can say whether a particular word in English or not by the letter combination(s). So for instance if a word contained the following combination of letters -tchst- we would say the word is not English or is it? Another item I find fascinating is once children turn approximately 2 years if they have not been exposed to particular sounds then they are unable to differentiate between similar sounds - I suppose in English an example would be free and three - that's why some people never manage a good accent in a foreign language and why Chinese have problems with the r sound. With regard to Jean's Are you fed up of scratching or overloading your car? I think it should be: Are you fed up with scratching or overloading your car? If I read them in the first sentence I want to put a pause after scratching (a comma). With my education in the UK we did not study grammar as such and so I can only go by whether something sounds right - once had a 'discussion' with a work colleague as to whether who or whom was correct in a particular sentence. The lack of a grammatical education meant that in a recent quiz the question Which TV show features a split infinitive in the opening? left me reaching for an English usage book - (so which tv show? and, what's the split infinitive?). As English is a living and diverse language to try and stop changes will be as successful as Canute was in trying to stop the tide coming in, or indeed any other language trying to stop English words from creeping in. My own bugbears as far as English usage are: - the use of the word sick for something thats good - the invention of the word yous as an unnecessary plural for you (an Aussie invention as far as I'm aware). - the use of the word loan for both borrow and loan. On that note the printer has stopped printing the designs, so I can put the freshly made yoghurt in the fridge and go to bed!! Peter To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace-chat [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [lace-chat] Re: Language is cool
At 07:05 PM 2/17/04 -0500, Tamara P. Duvall wrote: On Feb 17, 2004, at 16:45, W N Lafferty wrote: hp ll yr chks trn nt ms nd kck yr dnny dwn. In the meantime: m flt t lk lzrd drnkng. David in Ballarat No problem David, but I wont post the answers - see if someone overseas comes up with the right words! Perhap's Liz's tame Aussie can tell here what a dnny is. Hope all your cheeks turn into mouse and kick your dunny down? My fault to like lizard drinking? I'll disqualify myself, because I've heard both phrases -- probably right here on the list. I think a dnny is an uthuse. -- Joy Beeson [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://home.earthlink.net/~joybeeson/ 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] Language is Cool
G'day Peter, Welcome aboard. BTW I've always spelled it sulphur!!! :) David in Ballarat I don't know whether Possie is in general circulation or whether it is a word my Uncle coined for those in the family that had become Aussie citizens. Peter To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace-chat [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [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] Silly warnings on packaging
I just bought a packet of limescale remover wipes for my bathroom and kitchen sinks - if the water in Poole was any harder, it wouldn't come out of the taps. I found they don't actually work, so it's back to the liquid stuff. The warning on the packet of wipes is Not to be used for personal hygiene. Jean in Poole To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace-chat [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[lace-chat] Re: Lacemaking? machine on ebay
At 07:17 AM 2/18/2004, you wrote: Any ideas on what it is and how it works? Is the pair of gloves in the manufacturer's plate a clue? http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItemitem=3275339530category=605 I showed this to my DH. He researched the company and found it came from a town that was known for glovemaking and leatherwork. This machine sews something that is not a standard straight seam. My best guess is that it sews the hem around the wrist section of a glove. Any other ideas? Alice in Oregon To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace-chat [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[lace-chat] More bumper stickers
I'm out of estrogen. I have a gun. Guys have feelings, too. But like... who cares? I don't believe in miracles. I rely on them. Next mood swing: 6 minutes. I hate everybody, and you're next. Please don't make me kill you. And your point is ... I used to be schizophrenic, but we're OK now. I'm busy. You're ugly. Have a nice day. Warning: I have an attitude and I know how to use it. Don't worry. It'll only seem kinky the first time. Why do people with closed minds always open their mouths? I'm multitalented: I can talk and annoy you at the same time. Do NOT start with me. You won't win. You have the right to remain silent, so please SHUT UP. All stressed out and no one to choke. I'm one of those bad things that happen to good people. How can I miss you if you won't go away? Sorry if I looked interested. I'm not. If we are what we eat, I'm fast, cheap and easy. Jean in Poole To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace-chat [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[lace-chat] Re: lace-chat-digest V2004 #33
Let's face it - English is a crazy language. There is no egg in eggplant nor ham in hamburger But these aren't English, they are American. We have aubergines and beefburgers. To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace-chat [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [lace-chat] Language is cool
I managed to decipher kick the dunny down but could one of the words be chooks? Patricia in Walws [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] Re: lace-chat-digest V2004 #33
Ah yes - but we also have Shepherds Pie, and Cottage Pie .. But presumably so named not because of the shepherd or cottage in them, but the fact that the former is made with lamb or, more probably, originally with mutton, and the latter because (and I'm clutching at straws now) the beef and potatoes were eaten in the cottage. CArol Let's face it - English is a crazy language. There is no egg in eggplant nor ham in hamburger But these aren't English, they are American. We have aubergines and beefburgers. To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace-chat [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[lace-chat] PERSONALITY TEST
I don't think I've seen this on arachne, and I shouldn't take it all seriously, but have fun all the same Sue The Dalai Lama said read it to see if it works for you. Do not cheat by looking up the answers. The mind is like a parachute, it works best when it is opened. This is fun to do, but you have to follow the instructions very closely. Do not cheat. (Okay, the instructions have now said do not cheat twice. I'm a little insulted!) MAKE A WISH BEFORE BEGINNING THE TEST!! A Warning! Answer the questions as you go along. There are only four questions and if you see them all before finishing, you will not have honest results. Go down slowly and do each exercise as you scroll down. Don't look ahead. Get pencil and paper to write your answers as you go along. You will need it at the end. This is an honest questionnaire which will tell you a lot about your true self. Give an answer for each item. Question #1: Put the following 5 animals in the order of your preference. Cow Tiger Sheep Horse Pig Question #2: Write one word that describes each one of the following: Dog Cat Rat Coffee Sea Question #3: Think of someone (who also knows you and is important to you) that you can relate them to the following colours (do not repeat your answer twice. Name just one person for each colour.) Yellow Orange Red White Green Question #4: Finally, write down your favourite number and your favourite day of the week. Finished? Please be sure that your answers are what you REALLY WANT. Look at the interpretations below: (but first before continuing, repeat your wish.) This will define your priorities in your life. Cow Signifies CAREER Tiger Signifies PRIDE Sheep Signifies LOVE Horse Signifies FAMILY Pig Signifies MONEY Your description of dog implies your own personality. Your description of cat implies the personality of your partner. Your description of rat implies the personality of your enemies. Your description of coffee is how you interpret sex. Your description of the sea implies your own life. Yellow: Someone you will never forget Orange: Someone you consider your true friend Red: Someone that you really love White: Your twin soul Green: Someone that you will remember for the rest of your life You have to send this message to as many persons as your favourite number and your wish will come true on the day that you put. This is what the Dalai Lama has said about the Millennium-just take a few seconds to read it and think. Do not put away this message, the mantra will come out from your hands in the next 96 hours. You will have a very pleasant surprise. This is true, even if you are not superstitious. Please do this. It is fascinating. SEND THIS E-MAIL MANTRA TO AT LEAST FIVE PERSONS AND YOUR LIFE WILL IMPROVE 0-4 persons: Your life will improve slightly 5-9 persons: Your life will improve to your liking 9-14 persons: You will have at least 5 surprises in the next three weeks 15 or more persons: Your life will improve drastically and all that you have always dreamed will take shape. -- -- Take off on a romantic weekend or a family adventure to these great U.S. locations. To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace-chat [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[lace-chat] Re: bad Englsih
At 07:11 PM 2/18/04 +1100, Helene Gannac wrote: The one I really abominate, and you see everywhere is Free gift Like flammable, free gift is a justified abomination. In adverspeak, a gift is a product that nobody in his right mind would buy for his own use. A free gift is a gift that is included in the price of something that you *would* buy for your own use. An item actually given to you free is an advertising premium. (Simple premium is a gift enclosed in the packaging of another product.) I have a point turner (garment-sewing tool) that was a sophmoric advertising premium. Soph because it's a really well-designed turner that I cling to carefully because you can't buy one anywhere, moric because they didn't print their name on it and I have no idea what it was advertising. And yes, you get sick of and fed up with. And there aren't any rules, you just *know*. Why do you need a to before the infinitive when you say have (I have to run) but you can't put a to before the infinitive when you say must (I must run)? There's no rhyme nor reason to it. We have to We need to We must We can We are able to We gotta (well, I *know* why *that* one doesn't take a to) It is possible to It is easy to Hey! A rule! to be plus adverb takes a to. Watch ten thousand exceptions be posted. It is to laugh. (Argh! It's just that to be is a to verb.) -- Joy Beeson [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://home.earthlink.net/~joybeeson/ 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]
[lace-chat] Re: possie
At 09:06 PM 2/17/04 -0800, Bev Walker wrote: I thought Joy's definition referred to 'posse' (pronounced possie) as in 'we're going to organize a posse' I never swore fealty to Samuel Johnson -- I'll stick an i in if I want to. -- Joy Beeson [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://home.earthlink.net/~joybeeson/ west of Fort Wayne, Indiana, U.S.A. -- It must be owned, that our language is, at present, in a state of anarchy, and hitherto, perhaps, it may not have been the worse for it. During our free and open trade, many words and expressions have been imported, adopted, and naturalized from other languages, which have greatly enriched our own. Let it still preserve what real strength and beauty it may have borrowed from others; but let it not, like the Tarpeian maid, be overwhelmed and crushed by unnecessary ornaments. The time for discrimination seems to be now come. Toleration, adoption, and naturalization have run their lengths. Good order and authority are now necessary. But where shall we find them, and at the same time the obedience due to them? We must have recourse to the old Roman expedient in times of confusion, and chuse a dictator. Upon this principle, I give my vote for Mr. Johnson, to fill that great and arduous post, and I hereby declare, that I make a total surrender of all my rights and privileges in the English language, as a free-born British subject, to the said Mr. Johnson, during the term of his dictatorship. Nay more, I will not only obey him like an old Roman, as my dictator, but, like a modern Roman, I will implicitly believe in him as my Pope, and hold him to be infallible while in the chair, but no longer. More than this he cannot well require; for, I presume, that obedience can never be expected, where there is neither terrour to enforce, nor interest to invite it. -- James Boswell To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace-chat [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [lace-chat] possies
I don't mind either, as long as I am not a floozie :-) Perhap[s I could be a FreM instead? Helene, the Frozzie from Melbourne --- Ruth Budge [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: In reply to the message from the Caussie, I like Frozzie! From another Possie, Ruth Budge! --- lynn [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: If Aussie Poms are Possies , what does that make me, an Aussie French? A Fossie, a FrOz, or a Frozzie? This here Caussie likes Frozzie -does that mean I should and could be Cazzie? I think I need to go to bed, this is getting silly. Lynn Scott, Wollongong, Australia Find local movie times and trailers on Yahoo! Movies. http://au.movies.yahoo.com Find local movie times and trailers on Yahoo! Movies. http://au.movies.yahoo.com To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace-chat [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [lace-chat] Silly warnings on packaging
Jean Nathan wrote: I just bought a packet of limescale remover wipes for my bathroom and kitchen sinks - if the water in Poole was any harder, it wouldn't come out of the taps. I found they don't actually work, so it's back to the liquid stuff. Jean, don't spend money on limescale remover - use vinegar. I use it to descale my kettle ( fill with half-and-half vinegar and water, boil the kettle and leave to stand for a bit; rinse twice before making tea), and to clean shower heads and taps. In awkward little places, soak a dishcloth in vinegar and wrap it around the place. It's cheap, non-toxic and effective. Any kind of vinegar will work so buy the cheapest. BFN, Margery. == [EMAIL PROTECTED] in Edinburgh, UK == To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace-chat [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[lace-chat] Re: Lacemaking? machine on ebay
Alice's guess is probably good - but it might have been possible to sew any of the tricky seams on it, including the wrist. Clearly it is a special-purpose sewing machine. I noticed at the right, where the body joins the disk the needle appears to enter at the far edge, there seems to be a cutter. Perhaps it was designed to sew together the lining and the outer material/leather of the glove, and trim the resulting seam? At 07:17 AM 2/18/2004, you wrote: Any ideas on what it is and how it works? Is the pair of gloves in the manufacturer's plate a clue? http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItemitem=3275339530category=605 I showed this to my DH. He researched the company and found it came from a town that was known for glovemaking and leatherwork. This machine sews something that is not a standard straight seam. My best guess is that it sews the hem around the wrist section of a glove. Any other ideas? Alice in Oregon To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace-chat [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- -- Martha Krieg [EMAIL PROTECTED] in Michigan To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace-chat [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[lace-chat] :) Fwd: Cowboy boots...
I may not have gotten my Lace today... I may not have gotten my Kniplebrevet... But, boy-oh-boy, did I get a load of good jokes... :) From: S.M. An elderly couple, Sam and Bessie, are snowbirds in Austin Texas. Sam always wanted a pair of authentic cowboy boots. Seeing some on sale one day, he buys them, wears them home. He walks into the house and says to his wife, Notice anything different about me? Bessie looks him over, Nope. Frustrated, Sam storms off into the bathroom, undresses and walks back into the room completely naked except for the boots. Again he asks, a little louder this time, Notice anything different now!!! Bessie looks up and says, Sam, what's so different? It's hanging down today, it was hanging down yesterday and it'll be hanging down again tomorrow. Furious, Sam yells, 'D'ya know why it's hanging down, Bessie? It's hanging down because it's admiring these new cowboy boots!! To which Bessie replies, Should'a bought a hat, Sam, ya should'a bought a hat. - Tamara P Duvall Lexington, Virginia, USA Formerly of Warsaw, Poland http://lorien.emufarm.org/~tpd/ To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace-chat [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[lace-chat] :) Fwd: 3 questions
Back in the bad old times, in Communist Poland, we had a similiar one. For many years, there was no need for it in the US, but, now, we have Homeland Security... :) From: J.F. Dubya goes to a primary school to talk about the war. After his talk he opens the floor to questions. One little boy puts up his hand and Dubya asks him what his name is. Billy. And what is your question, Billy? I have 3 questions. First, why did the USA invade Iraq without the support of the UN? Second, why are you President when Al Gore got more votes? And third, whatever happened to Osama Bin Laden? Just then the bell rings for recess. Dubya informs the kiddies that they will continue after recess. When they resume Dubya says, OK, where were we? Oh that's right - question time. Who has a question? Another little boy puts up his hand. Dubya points him out and asks him what his name is. Steve And what is your question, Steve? I have 5 questions. First, why did the USA invade Iraq without the support of the UN? Second, why are you President when Al Gore got more votes? Third, whatever happened to Osama Bin Laden? Fourth, why did the recess bell go 20 minutes early? And fifth... Whatever happened to Billy? - Tamara P Duvall Lexington, Virginia, USA Formerly of Warsaw, Poland http://lorien.emufarm.org/~tpd/ To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace-chat [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [lace-chat] Language is cool
i love that kind of phrases though i have to reach for my pronoucing dictionnary .. lol ...we have some pretty ones in french too but then no one would say French is an easy language to learn .. dominique from Paris . Peter Goldsmith a décidé d' écrire à Ò[lace-chat] Language is coolÓ. [2004/02/17 12:58] I was sent this some time ago but coming only recently to lace chat I dont know whether it made it here. H GAWD To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace-chat [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
