[lace-chat] Re: pronunciation

Lynn, This site is a hoot! Yes, lots of people around here DO talk like that -- not so much the college-educated ones, but definitely the clerks at "Walmart's"! (One addition: He wonders why it's "ink pen". Undoubtedly that is a result of the immigration of factory workers from the South, whe

[lace-chat] Re: pronunciation

"Jean Nathan" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >I don't know about anyone else, but when I read the emails from the list, >Tamara, Joy, Lynn, Pam, Joy and everyone else have all written them in a >slight 'East End of London' accent because that's how I speak so that's how >I read them. And I mostly

[lace-chat] Re: Van Gogh's family tree

>> "Jean Nathan" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >>> >>> Only works in the UK because we know van Gogh is pronounced 'van Go' >>> in the >>> US. The UK tends to pronounce it 'van Goff'. and I replied: >> And in the Netherlands, they pronounce it with a difficult, I don't >> know, >> glottal? sound.

[lace-chat] :) Fwd: St. Peter

Another Pearly Gates one; they tend to be really good... From: B.R. Three men died on Christmas Eve and were met by Saint Peter at the Pearly Gates. "In honor of this holy season," Saint Peter said, "You must each possess something that symbolizes Christmas to get into heaven." The first m

[lace-chat] :) Fwd: Cats

Just so... :) From: B.R. Four men were bragging about how smart their cats are. The first man was an Engineer, the second man was an Accountant, the third man was a Chemist, the fourth was a Government Employee. To show off, the Engineer called to his cat,"T-square, do your stuff." T-square p

[lace-chat] Apologies

Gentle Spiders, Apologies for the snafu with the forward of what appears a scam (the school project). Like Carol, I usually ditch all chain letters, without passing them on. Like Carol, I thought: "well, this once, since it's for a friend"... The source, BTW, was a lacemaker and someone whose

[lace-chat] Japanese mysteries

On May 30, 2005, at 3:41, Jenny Barron wrote: that sounds interesting Tamara, I loved Robert Van Gulik's Judge Dee series set in 7th century China I liked those too, but like these better :) - are there many books in the series? 9 so far: 1) Shinju, 2) Bundori, 3) The Way of the Traitor,

[lace-chat] Motivation in Star Wars

I didn't in fact find the motivation thin - I found it classically tragic, on the lines of the cause of the murder of Oedipus... -- -- Martha Krieg [EMAIL PROTECTED] in Michigan To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing t

[lace-chat] Star Wars

A week or so ago all the Star Wars films were shown at a Lodon cinema in one day, one after the other, starting at 7 am. There was a special ticket issued that had to be stamped as you went in to each film, and I believe you couldn't get into the next one without having a stamp for the previous

[lace-chat] Weekend Residential Workshops

Dear Arachnes To all of those that have notified me that my website was down over the past year, at last please note the new website address; www.greatescapes-weekends.com After a year of computer problems, I 'think' we are up and running now and

Re: [lace-chat] Latest Star Wars movie

I saw it yesterday with my 14yo son who has never been too much of a Star Wars fan. When he was in kindergarten and at friends' houses where the kids would be watching, all he ever could say was "you like this?" I was bored-- it was very special effects heavy , alot of "character cameos," wher

Re: [lace-chat] Latest Star Wars movie

My husband and I went to see it at 10 am last Monday (he's not got classes this summer, and I'm off on a medical leave). good move - no fight for tickets, no raucous hordes of youth. Within the usual limitations of a Star Wars epic - as one critic has said, "No one ever went to a Star Wars mov

re: [lace-chat] Star Wars...

Hi Jane and everyone No I haven't seen it, yes I'm going to - 2 of my adult sons went and want to go again. The one, a techno-geek, liked the cool FX; the other appreciated the story resolution. I don't know if George Lucas can be saved from himself, I still like the 'second' (= the 5th episode)(t

re: [lace-chat] These..laugh/books in order

Hi everyone and Jenny who wrote: > in 7th century China - are there many books in the series? Is it also a > trait of lacemakers that we have to read books in order. I have to Not this lacemaker ;) If it happens that I have the chance, I would read them in order, but if not, I read them as I have

[lace-chat] Humour

Dear Friends, I'm biting the bullet here - don't mean to offend anyone, but it did make me laugh David in Ballarat The train was quite crowded, so the U. S. Marine walked the entire length looking for a seat, but the only seat left was taken by a well-dressed, middle-aged, French woman's poodle

Re: [lace-chat] Re: Van Gogh's family tree

Dear Friends, Tamara, say "gracht" (canal) I'd do my best (imagine choking on a chicken bone twice, with an "aaah" in the middle), and the room would explode in friendly laughter; "ah..." they'd say, "you *might* 'make it' in *Belgium*, but, in Netherlands, you need to practice a lot more..."

[lace-chat] Humour - risque

Subject: These are quite funny Subject: Top Ten He Said She Said 10) He said... I don't know why you wear a bra; you've got nothing to put in it. She said...You wear pants, don't you? 9) She said...What do you mean by coming home half drunk? He said... It's not my fault...I ran out of money. 8) H

[lace-chat] Latest Star Wars movie

Hi Spiders, I saw SW Ep III a week ago with 2 of my boys (aged almost 10 and almost 8). They are SW fanatics - as is their little brother, aged 3 and a half, who was WAY young to see the movie, but is very cross he didn't get to see it. They loved it. They found 2 scenes a bit confronting, but

[lace-chat] admin: chain letters

Gentle spiders, If you all want to participate in this chain letter and clog up your inboxes, please feel free to do so by private mail. I don't think we need to see this again on lace-chat. Thanks! Best wishes, Avital Moderator > Sorry, guys, it's quick and for a kid's school project! This i

Re: [lace-chat] Re: These made me laugh too

Yours, plowing through the entire series (now that I've finally assembled all its "ingredients" and can read the books in order) of the detective feats of the 17th c samurai Sano Ichiro, and learning bits about the political system of Japan of that time. that sounds interesting Tamara, I loved

[lace-chat] Don't ask just play

This hasd been around for a long time. It's is a geometric progression.. You send to ten, who each send to ten (10 x 10), who each send to 10 (10 x 10 x 10) and so on. Bit like a virus - so many emails being generated - can we clog up the email system? Probably not, but how annoying when you get s