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Posted by DiMa on March 8, 2008, 11:17 pm
Oops, not just simply fanastic, but extraordinarily fantastic.
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> Wow, simply fanastic.
> Di
>> Here it is in all its glory awaiting stretching:
>> http://www.flickr.com/photos/12554259@N07/2319032366/
>> I have to say the wake is my personal, most disliked part of the quilt.
>> Done with muslin and never to be touched again until stretched in a week
>> or so.
>> Eddie
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Posted by FiederEls in NL on March 9, 2008, 3:06 am
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> Here it is in all its glory awaiting stretching:
> http://www.flickr.com/photos/12554259@N07/2319032366/
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> I have to say the wake is my personal, most disliked part of the
> quilt. Done with muslin and never to be touched again until stretched
> in a week or so.
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> Eddie
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Eddie!! Darn ! that looks absolutely wonderful !
But as a non native English speaker.. can someone tell me what a "wake"
is?? I do have an idea but want to make sure i understand correctly..
Tia.. Els.
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Posted by Patti on March 9, 2008, 3:44 am
In Eddie's quilt, it is the white part between ship and sea surface.
A ship, when travelling at speed, creates a bow wave and a wake (water
disturbance) from the stern half. On calm days, the wake can be seen
long after the ship has gone - like those vapour trails left by aircraft
in the sky.
It i s unfortunate that exactly the same word is used for this and the
gathering after a funeral?
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>Eddie!! Darn ! that looks absolutely wonderful !
>But as a non native English speaker.. can someone tell me what a "wake"
>is?? I do have an idea but want to make sure i understand correctly..
>Tia.. Els.
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Best Regards
pat on the hill
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Posted by FiederEls in NL on March 9, 2008, 4:17 am
Ok thanks Patti.. that was what i thought it meant..
and the 'gathering after a funeral' meaning i knew also..
You know sometimes these post subject line are very confusing to me..until
i read the actual message
Take for example the post from Julia called : My new throat plate.. (huh??
she got a plate in her throat??)then i open the post and it's about an sm..
can you see my confusion? lol
Or Musicmakers post called : Can we, as a group, take action when a sm
company is not a good one?? Then i have to remind myself a sm is a sewing
machine and it makes sense..because i could not imagine Musicmaker
complaining about the other meaning of sm on this NG. (sorry
Musicmaker..please don't be offended..i mean well..)
As you can see.. confusion is my middlename ! But it is also fun!
Els.
$uBUV50HJAeU@quik.clara.co.uk:
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> In Eddie's quilt, it is the white part between ship and sea surface.
> A ship, when travelling at speed, creates a bow wave and a wake (water
> disturbance) from the stern half. On calm days, the wake can be seen
> long after the ship has gone - like those vapour trails left by aircraft
> in the sky.
> It i s unfortunate that exactly the same word is used for this and the
> gathering after a funeral?
> .
>>Eddie!! Darn ! that looks absolutely wonderful !
>>But as a non native English speaker.. can someone tell me what a "wake"
>>is?? I do have an idea but want to make sure i understand correctly..
>>Tia.. Els.
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Posted by FiederEls in NL on March 9, 2008, 8:22 am
You should try Dutch, Patti
That is much harder to learn.. but hey.. if i can.. so can you! ;-)
English is not that hard at all, it is everywhere..Most people speak
English, well at least in Holland they do...
Els.
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> No wonder people say English is one of the hardest languages to learn!
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>>Ok thanks Patti.. that was what i thought it meant..
>>and the 'gathering after a funeral' meaning i knew also..
>>You know sometimes these post subject line are very confusing to
>>me..until i read the actual message
>>Take for example the post from Julia called : My new throat plate..
>>(huh?? she got a plate in her throat??)then i open the post and it's
>>about an sm.. can you see my confusion? lol
>>Or Musicmakers post called : Can we, as a group, take action when a sm
>>company is not a good one?? Then i have to remind myself a sm is a
>>sewing machine and it makes sense..because i could not imagine
>>Musicmaker complaining about the other meaning of sm on this NG.
>>(sorry Musicmaker..please don't be offended..i mean well..)
>>As you can see.. confusion is my middlename ! But it is also fun!
>>Els.
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> Di
>> Here it is in all its glory awaiting stretching:
>> http://www.flickr.com/photos/12554259@N07/2319032366/
>> I have to say the wake is my personal, most disliked part of the quilt.
>> Done with muslin and never to be touched again until stretched in a week
>> or so.
>> Eddie
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