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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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Ruth would you mind translating? I'd like to share the joke


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!
Yes, Dottie. Only in Norway you don't use a top sheet. The dyne is covered with sheeting that matches the bottom sheet, and you just take the whole thing off the dyne and wash it.
But most of the duvet covers you see here are fancy and expensive, with matching pillow shams etc.
(Sigh)....boys, boys, boys!!
Ruth....in Australia they call a duvet "a doona"....sounds like a corruption of your Norwegian term.
Ruth....in Australia they call a duvet "a doona"....sounds like a corruption of your Norwegian term.
It sure does, Debbie. Dyne is pronounced "deena." Sort of, that y vowel sound doesn't exist in English
My ex was half Norwegian....but the only lingo I learned was 'I love you' (can't spell it) and that is no longer applicable!

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.
I like my plaid duvet cover and matching pillow shams and don't want to be washing them every week, so I use a top sheet. And the pillow shams are stuffed with old goosedown pillows that have gone a little flat. I twitch up the sheet and the dyne, and prop the pillow shams against the real ones and the bed is made.
Hee. First time out of the gate I typed "pillow shames." Ain't typos fun?
Hee. First time out of the gate I typed "pillow shames." Ain't typos fun?
Paging Martha Stewart... Martha Stewart to the late "What's Your Word (Other Than 'Duvet') for the Day" thread... Martha, are you in the house (as opposed to "The House"?)... over...
The words for the day are:
deleterious domestic doo-dabs
The words for the day are:
deleterious domestic doo-dabs


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!
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?

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.
I've never been a Scrabble fan. Perhaps because I lose all the time. Not as bad as Monopoly. Donald Trump has nothing to worry about when it comes to me.
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.
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.
Scrabble is the only game I like. Perhaps that's because I'm good at it. Who doesn't like to win. (I suck at cards.) Right now I'm playing long distance scrabble thru Facebook with 2 friends.
You're on Facebook? I trust their privacy policy about as far as I can throw it. Ditto Google. (And many others...)
I am on Facebook too Ruth.....so is Prabha. (Must email her!)
TWOTD for me is.....HUMBUG (for various reasons).
TWOTD for me is.....HUMBUG (for various reasons).

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.
Gail -- Well, it may not have been a Commie plot, but the paper was spot on about the evils of fluoride in water (tsk, tsk -- when will those mad scientists ever learn?)
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...
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...
I grew up with a fluoridated water supply....did me no harm and my dental bills are few and small.
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.
Every molar I own is filled, I know that. I just assumed it's a generational thing. Neither of my fully grown kids has EVER had a cavity. It's true of many kids today. (I tell them stories of being drilled without Novocaine to horrify them.)


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