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Jun 23, 2008 07:51PM
And they are so cool because you can put different covers on them-- to go with different decors, or just to change them out seasonally. Too bad it's never cold enough to use duvets here :(
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Commenting on Relyt's post we have a proverb over here that roughly translates: It's the oldest hen in the coop that gives the best broth.Ruth would you mind translating? I'd like to share the joke
I love duvet covers and buy them for use as bedspreads, it being much too warm here in Alabackward for down quilts.
Norwegian, Ruth? Love my duvets -- use them all seasons. would never go back to the traditional bedspread, etc with blankets piled on.
Hmm a word?
Sorry -- as you were!
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Piece of cake, NE. Why would people buy shampoo when the could get real poo?
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Ruth....in Australia they call a duvet "a doona"....sounds like a corruption of your Norwegian term.
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Thank you for the language lesson, ladies! No top sheets on those hotel beds across Europe either, Ruth, but I go American style and use a two sheet set plus the coordinating duvet cover -- sheeting fabric but usually there's a cording around it that's heavy so not authentic duvet style -- at least it's a step in a good direction in my opinion.
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Hee. First time out of the gate I typed "pillow shames." Ain't typos fun?
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The words for the day are:
deleterious domestic doo-dabs
Sarah, Alabackward refers to my new (a bit more than a year) homes state of Alabama. I truly love it here, but we are definitely not in the fast lane.
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Ruth: Are you sure not thingamabobs?
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Thingamajigs. There's no 'bobs' about 'em (sorry NE and Debbie). I don't/won't have anything to do with 'em otherwise. 'JIGS' not 'BOBS', definitely. Have we had antimacassars here yet?
I was reading some online talk about antimacassars not long ago. I also wish I had the beautiful sets my Great Aunt and Granny and Mom made over the years. Maybe Mom has them; I'll have to ask and if she does I'll also ask if she will give them to me.
I TRIED to put this back on track once already -- now who's got a word? NEXT!
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Jigs? Sounds like a lot of jiggery-pokery to me!
Back to the drawing-board for me then.Smithereens? Mugwump?
Antimacassars-- on the ottoman ... um, I don't remember that, but we can add those to his wardrobe :)
Alabackward--got it now :) That's pretty funny :) My own little town fits that description, but I like it ok. Where did you live before Gail?
Alabackward--got it now :) That's pretty funny :) My own little town fits that description, but I like it ok. Where did you live before Gail?
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I just came in. You have a whole lot of interesting new words here. :-)Before I go through all 28 pages of new words and information about them, I thought I'd slip in my new word too. It's "udo." It's a Japanese herb. I learned this word and similar ones while playing Scrabble. Do you like those strange Scrabble words? I almost don't like the game any more because of the lists of strange words.
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TWFTD is: carapace. It's what makes turtles so hard up and why they're always willing to shell out when solicitors come to the door.
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TWOTD for me is.....HUMBUG (for various reasons).
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My B.B. is from Maine, N.E., so I'm familiar with the slow lanes up there, too. Sarah, I'm originally from Mass, spent 22 or so years there, then to Florida for 35 more. When I moved to Florida, I was horrified to read in the local paper about the county's campaign to fluoridate the water. It wasn't the campaign that horrified me, it was the paper's editorial stance that flouridation was a "Communist Plot". Gad. I thought I'd moved right off the earth into some strange, strange place. The huge building boom on the west coast of FL sure changed that place.
Now I'm back to the country again, and liking it.
I learned the word lugubriously today. It means mournfully. What a sad word.
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Lugubrious is cool. We could go on a sad words riff. Dolorous, for example. I think it's in Don Quixote, which I still haven't finished...
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I'm confused, Gail--B.B.? Is that Big Brother? Base Ball? Blue Book?
I vaguely recall being told that cavaties are more a result of genetics than preventative care, such as fluoridated water. That's pure hearsay, though, and surely brushing and all that jazz does something good...
Perplexed and amphibolic.
I vaguely recall being told that cavaties are more a result of genetics than preventative care, such as fluoridated water. That's pure hearsay, though, and surely brushing and all that jazz does something good...
Perplexed and amphibolic.
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B.B. is, depending on my mood and his behavior (heh): Big Boy or Best Buddy or Beastly Bastard. So that would be my husband.
Oooohkay. I can feel that. Today mine's Best Buddy (he remembered it was our anniversary even before I did) but we've been through every other variation too. I shudder to think what his acronyms for me might be.
Congrats, Stamatia. Happy anniversary.
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