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maryte
Location: Blinding You With Library Science! Gender:
Posted:
Jun 12, 2017 - 12:17pm
Red_Dragon wrote: Okay is a word that drives P nuts when used in a period film or show.
Well, depending on which time period is in question, it was first used as early as 1839.
Red_Dragon
Location: Dumbf*ckistan
Posted:
Jun 12, 2017 - 12:12pm
ScottFromWyoming wrote: I learned it as duffel bag and was always a little surprised to see reference materials say it's okay or preferred to use duffle bag. It's like someone is actually trying to actively force the accepted spelling to be duffle, but not many are going along with it.
duffel bag vs. duffle bag Okay is a word that drives P nuts when used in a period film or show.
ScottFromWyoming
Location: Powell Gender:
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Jun 12, 2017 - 12:01pm
Proclivities wrote: Duffel is a municipality in the Belgian province of Antwerp...The town gives its name to a heavy woollen cloth used to make overcoats, especially for the armed forces, and various kinds of luggage. Items made from this material are sometimes spelled duffle as in duffle coat and duffle bag.
I learned it as duffel bag and was always a little surprised to see reference materials say it's okay or preferred to use duffle bag. It's like someone is actually trying to actively force the accepted spelling to be duffle, but not many are going along with it.
duffel bag vs. duffle bag
Proclivities
Location: Paris of the Piedmont Gender:
Posted:
Jun 12, 2017 - 11:49am
Duffel is a municipality in the Belgian province of Antwerp...The town gives its name to a heavy woollen cloth used to make overcoats, especially for the armed forces, and various kinds of luggage. Items made from this material are sometimes spelled duffle as in duffle coat and duffle bag.
islander
Location: West coast somewhere Gender:
Posted:
Jun 8, 2017 - 1:48pm
Ancora Imparo. It's latin for "I am still learning". Written on a sketch by Michelangelo when he was 87. I found it on a plaque in my office (no, not the original).
Antigone
Location: A house, in a Virginian Valley Gender:
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Jun 8, 2017 - 1:34pm
Lessons from surgery recovery: take your nap BEFORE school lets out and the screaming/hollering/yelling children get home. Especially with the windows open.
oldviolin
Location: esse quam videri Gender:
Posted:
Jan 13, 2017 - 10:57pm
VIDEO
Proclivities
Location: Paris of the Piedmont Gender:
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Jan 13, 2017 - 9:54am
Coaxial
Location: Comfortably numb in So Texas Gender:
Posted:
Jan 2, 2017 - 7:23am
Antigone wrote: Weezie can hear me putting on socks from a room away.
You need quieter socks.
Antigone
Location: A house, in a Virginian Valley Gender:
Posted:
Jan 2, 2017 - 6:53am
Weezie can hear me putting on socks from a room away.
Antigone
Location: A house, in a Virginian Valley Gender:
Posted:
Dec 31, 2016 - 6:04am
Skydog wrote: awww, nothing says lovin like a chewed up roll of paper towels
I had to laugh. We'd just gotten up and I was (briefly) in the bathroom. And at least it wasn't anything important.
Skydog
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Dec 31, 2016 - 5:24am
Antigone wrote: Not to leave this sort of thing on the floor. Thanks Weezie.
awww, nothing says lovin like a chewed up roll of paper towels
Antigone
Location: A house, in a Virginian Valley Gender:
Posted:
Dec 31, 2016 - 5:18am
Not to leave this sort of thing on the floor. Thanks Weezie.
oldviolin
Location: esse quam videri Gender:
Posted:
Sep 21, 2016 - 2:57pm
Antigone wrote: Mold on the tail end of homemade hummus is the most lovely, pale aqua color.
Hummus has a tail? Who knew?
Antigone
Location: A house, in a Virginian Valley Gender:
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Sep 21, 2016 - 2:44pm
Mold on the tail end of homemade hummus is the most lovely, pale aqua color.
Antigone
Location: A house, in a Virginian Valley Gender:
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Sep 17, 2016 - 4:56am
That a dead bunny in the middle of the road equals an immovable Weezie.
Antigone
Location: A house, in a Virginian Valley Gender:
Posted:
Sep 7, 2016 - 1:42pm
CFL bulbs are going away. Who knew? Maybe everyone except me?
Proclivities
Location: Paris of the Piedmont Gender:
Posted:
Aug 15, 2016 - 7:01am
"A 'thinking cap' was previously known by the appealing name a 'considering cap'. That term has gone entirely out of use now but was known since at least the early 17th century...it is difficult to determine whether they refer to actual headgear."
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oldviolin
Location: esse quam videri Gender:
Posted:
Nov 5, 2015 - 9:17am
ScottFromWyoming wrote: Cool. Too bad he can't edit out the 8000 ft vs meters mistake.
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ScottFromWyoming
Location: Powell Gender:
Posted:
Nov 5, 2015 - 9:14am
Proclivities wrote: VIDEO
Cool. Too bad he can't edit out the 8000 ft vs meters mistake.