tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4912713243046142041.post1686364402392347687..comments2024-03-18T21:26:34.716-05:00Comments on TYWKIWDBI ("Tai-Wiki-Widbee"): "The sight never palled..."Minnesotastanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01382888179579245181noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4912713243046142041.post-8084456558382463412016-02-23T07:49:36.933-06:002016-02-23T07:49:36.933-06:00Oh, I've seen them - by the hundreds, probably...Oh, I've seen them - by the hundreds, probably - but never knew there was a specific term for them, other than "sweater" and "blouse."Minnesotastanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01382888179579245181noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4912713243046142041.post-59248354980933050922016-02-23T01:35:13.408-06:002016-02-23T01:35:13.408-06:00Just catching up on some reading here, but I canno...Just catching up on some reading here, but I cannot seriously believe you to be unfamiliar with the term "twinset"? Granted, I am older than I thought because it is a familiar term to me and I was born in the early 50's. It was always one of my ambitions as a child to have one of the fancy beaded or embroidered versions worn by the older ladies in my Southern area (Oklahoma). My great aunts wore them to work at the phone company (Ma Bell, of course) and I have pictures of my dad's sister in them. It seems like my mom may have had one, also. I will admit that fashion has always been a passion so maybe I just noticed them more.mamafroghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13215031912797290210noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4912713243046142041.post-59752050654077229732016-01-24T03:41:38.064-06:002016-01-24T03:41:38.064-06:00Clunch being soft made me think of Maltese limesto...Clunch being soft made me think of Maltese limestone which is so soft it can be cut with a handsaw http://tinyurl.com/jpouwul but hardens on exposure to air. Apparently the rock is limestone not 'sandstone' which we all used to call it [it's pale yellow to beige in colour] when we spent a year there as kids. Clunch also hardens when exposed - wikipedia claiming that this is due to water loss. More research required.BobTheScientisthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02038631019672961663noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4912713243046142041.post-3841672399226014162016-01-23T21:25:20.202-06:002016-01-23T21:25:20.202-06:00I first came across the word "Pall" as a...I first came across the word "Pall" as a kid while reading Ian Fleming's "The Man With the Golden Gun", which was the last thing he ever wrote. In fact, "Pall" was the last word he ever wrote:<br /><br />"At the same time, he knew, deep down, that love from Mary Goodnight, or from any other woman, was not enough for him. It would be like taking 'a room with a view.' For James Bond, the same view would always pall."<br /><br />That led me straight to the dictionary. Forty years later, the memory is still rattling around in my brain. PeterWhttp://aol.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4912713243046142041.post-30601210244868998212016-01-23T18:43:57.543-06:002016-01-23T18:43:57.543-06:00I have no idea. When I used to read the New Yorke...I have no idea. When I used to read the New Yorker, it was only for the cartoons.Minnesotastanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01382888179579245181noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4912713243046142041.post-12556527037494201532016-01-23T18:07:21.503-06:002016-01-23T18:07:21.503-06:00This is very odd. I think it's the third time ...This is very odd. I think it's the third time you've brought up a word I'd been musing about during the day. Today I was recalling the use of the word pall in some sort of verse I had seen in the New Yorker many years ago where the line was "great palls of ire" and the writer wondered if Jerry Lee Lewis had undergone a mondegreen. As in Goodness, Gracious!<br />Thank you for clearing up the meaning of pall. Now can you answer my question about Jerry?Charles Jacksonnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4912713243046142041.post-35741322247651591722016-01-23T18:03:35.804-06:002016-01-23T18:03:35.804-06:00I've seen many buildings and walls built from ...I've seen many buildings and walls built from this material in Picardy in northern France but I never heard the word clunch before. If the checkerboard wall pictured above is like what I've seen in France, the dark stones will be flint, or silex as it's called there.Big Boppahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01584970803398988829noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4912713243046142041.post-61611702805924821352016-01-23T16:36:10.860-06:002016-01-23T16:36:10.860-06:00Sort of. Years ago I recorded the series on a VHS...Sort of. Years ago I recorded the series on a VHS tape, but missed the 6th episode. This year I started watching, but after a couple episodes decided to switch to the book, because we have most of PD James' books in the house. I do like Roy Marsden's Dagliesh.Minnesotastanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01382888179579245181noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4912713243046142041.post-8415091662072395742016-01-23T15:45:46.736-06:002016-01-23T15:45:46.736-06:00Have you seen the BBC version of this book?
http:/...Have you seen the BBC version of this book?<br />http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0206478/reference<br /><br />Zhoenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03515663141425057088noreply@blogger.com