Klarinet Archive - Posting 000724.txt from 2000/01
From: "redcedar" <redcedar@-----.au>
Subj: RE: [kl] middle register - an OT extension
Date: Sat, 22 Jan 2000 03:34:42 -0500
Actually, Tim, the Macquarie Dictionary defines a "doona" as "a quilted
eiderdown with a down filling", noting that the term is trademarked. A
"duvet" is defined in the OED as "a thick soft quilt used instead of
bed-clothes", and noted in the Macquarie as being "stuffed with down". I'd
reckon they are close approximations.
And, I think any self-respecting quilter would argue that the layers of a
quilt are stitched together using a quilting stitch, more commonly known as
a running stitch - not cross-stitched in the conventional use of that term
which is usually applied to embroidery, Spanish blackwork, and such like.
Michael
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From: ShawThings@-----.com]
Subject: Re: [kl] middle register
Note for pedants..
A DOONA might be a douvet ( I can't define a douvet) but it's rarely an
EIDERDOWN.
EIDER DOWN = the fine soft down of the EIDER duck, or a bed QUILT stuffed
with EIDER down.
A QUILT (noun) is made by placing some soft, low density substanceetween
two layers of material and cross-stiching it into place.
Most DOONAS are stuffed with CHOOK feathers or some synthetic wadding and to
further confuse the issue I don't think many are QUILTed too well these
days.
CHOOK @-----.
Contrary to what Christina said, I don't that we (Australians) speak an
adulterated version of English (best left to Ameicans, Canadians, New
Zealanders, S. Africans etc..)
Anyway, the implication seems to be that domesticated dogs are universally
tuned to C1.
I wonder whether their tuning note lowers as size increases.
I should really be doing some real work...
regards,
Tim
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