OT: men wearing ear-rings

Was it Erica Wilson ? My mind has been on a bridge tournament this weekend, my hands ache lol, but I mulled it over at one point and thought maybe it was Anna Pearson. I never did one but you are correct, it was done on skip stitch basis to achieve the verticals. The finished look was lovely.

Since i translated that joke from Hebrew, i was correct , because here it is called "A Scotish Skirt " when onr dresses with the kilt ,,,, mirjam

Afraid that just because it`s called a "skirt" in Israel doesn`t make you (or Israel) correct. It`s actually quite insulting to refer to a kilt as a skirt over here - and after all, the term "kilt" originated in Scotland even if the actual garment (or something similar) didn`t. Maybe Israel should come up with a more suitable word which specifically means "kilt".

Don`t forget that there are also Irish and Cornish kilts, just to confuse things even more!

Pat

Translation is tricky but you should not transliterate. The Hebrew for "Scottish skirt" translates into English as "kilt" just as the French "chemin de fer" translates into "railway" and not into "road of iron".

Just because you know it by another name though, does not mean you insist to a person from that country that they should call it a Scottish skirt.

MJ still did not say how she would like us calling the yarmulka a beanie - I imagine that would not go down well.

I understand that of course, but we don`t usually refer to the djellebah as an "Islamic veil" (Not that I imagine it would insult anyone if it was) - what I was trying to say is that THAT sort of item (like many others) has it`s OWN name in it`s own language, so why not use it?

By the way, there`s a Welsh kilt, too. Sorry - nearly forgot that the Welsh have tartans too. John`s of Cornish descent so I knew that the Cornish did!

I`m glad that I`m descended from the Douglases though, if only for the fact that the tartan is very attractive. I`d hate to have to admit to a Buchanan one!!! LOL! Nothing against the Buchanans - only their horrible tartan!

Pat

When I think of a *beanie*, I think of that character from long ago - was it Howdy Doody that used to wear a beanie hat with a windmill type thingie on top? :-)) I always refer to the knitted hats mentioned as toques (sp?).

Sharon (N.B.)

I always think of Toques as rather formal hats - like old Queen Mary used to wear! Hard to describe really.

When I was a teenager "Beanies" were all the rage but they were little round hats , made of felt, with a narrowish brim. I was SOOO envious of my best friend who had a red one!

The ones you call Beanies today were just referred to as woolly hats - or bobble hats! Lovely for keeping your ears warm on a cold day, anyway. Beanies are a comparatively recent name for them - over here at least.

Pat

These are Canadian tuques/toques - knitted warm winter hats, sometimes with earflaps. Every Canadian kid has had one and most of us still wear them in really bad weather. A 'watchcap' would be the British name.

So when did you start quilting? If you remember, I tried to talk you into quilting and you weren't all that interested in the idea! Of course, you were still busy making clothing, costumes, etc. for the kiddo so maybe that has changed. Do you have photos of your quilts online? Also, do you post over at RCTQ? Now, *that* is a great bunch of folks. CiaoMeow >^;;^<

PAX, Tia Mary >^;;^< (RCTQ Queen of Kitties) Angels can't show their wings on earth but nothing was ever said about their whiskers! Visit my Photo albums at

I was reading a book on Polish history in the 20th century not long ago. It was translated from the Polish and made reference to Aurther Miller's play "The Witches of Salem." I had no idea what they were talking about and it took me a while to realize the the translator had missed an important cultural reference. Aurther Miller's play is titled "The Crucible." It's important to translate correctly, rather than literally.

Elizabeth

Well, it might, since a djellaba is a long garment with a hood!

Eimear (who used to post eons ago under the name of 'emerald')

Or how the rabbi would take it if Bruce wore one of the ones with a propellor on top to Shul. ;)

I'm of the anglo-catholic persuasion but to the best of my knowledge there are no synagogues in Orkney (BICBR). However, if I did wear that hat with a propellor (or any kind of hat) in the kirk I think that Jennifer, our Presbyterian minister, and the kirk elders would be dumbfounded. I also think that one or more of the monks of Golgotha monastery (who often wear a zucchetto) would be suggesting that I should seek professional help And for a comprehensive overview of hats have a look at

Yes Bruce that is the Idea ,,,, mirjam

Since Yarmulka is in fact a Yiddish word, that has been adopted by Americans, you can callit whatever you want ,,,, Same Head gear has a different name here , Kippa. By the way when the late Pope visited Israel in 2000 , i was facinated by the wonderful Kippa he wore , with a little button in the middle !!! mirjam

The Roman Catholic church usually refer to it as a zucchetto

When translating anything that isn` a document , but a literary work [ play, song ,book], it is quite often translated well & uses local images or liguistic ideas that will make it clearer to local public. Sometimes if you translate `correctly` it will not bring over the idea !!! Hence translating it into THE WITCHES OF SALEM ,,,, made it clear to the locals waht it was about !!!! mirjam

A very interesting remark, from somebody who tried once to tell me how things were happening in my country , while she never set foot in it !!! And all the other Subjects you ALWAYS know better than anyone else !!! mirjam

Nah, it's a beanie.

Elizabeth

Emerald - is that you ? How you doing ?