What is wadding?
09-02-2011, 05:04 AM
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Isn't it fun how common things have different names across the globe?
I had a convesation with an international guest researcher once about polyfil(which I call stuffing) /wadding/batting. She couldn't figure how I had made my dolls and what I had used and she asked, "Did you use wadding?" We were getting absolutely no where until I brought in samples of all the different things and then we figured it out.
I had a convesation with an international guest researcher once about polyfil(which I call stuffing) /wadding/batting. She couldn't figure how I had made my dolls and what I had used and she asked, "Did you use wadding?" We were getting absolutely no where until I brought in samples of all the different things and then we figured it out.
09-02-2011, 07:40 AM
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I was in Russia and a group of us tried to explain different words and what they meant -- One that absolutely had us stumped was "vinegar" -- clear, liquid, sour, etc -- we had to do to a grocery store and look at jars of pickles before we all understood -- we were from 10 different countries working on a project for the Hermitage Museum in St Petersburg. Lots of fun playing with words and translating for each other.
09-02-2011, 10:18 AM
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10 years ago, standing at the London. England hotel check-out desk I asked "where should I put my electronic door key?" She said, "put it in the bin" I looked around and seeing not "bin" for my card asked again. I was embarassed when she explained that "bin" meant garbage there. :oops:
09-02-2011, 11:28 AM
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I always have to remember to "translate" words like wadding before posting, to make sure that I'm understood on the other side of the pond! You baste, I tack, I think your muslin is my calico - etc etc.
As for food - using recipes can be quite difficult: not only do I have to convert cups to ounces or grams, but there are always Google searches or emails going across the Atlantic to find out what half the ingredients are!
As for food - using recipes can be quite difficult: not only do I have to convert cups to ounces or grams, but there are always Google searches or emails going across the Atlantic to find out what half the ingredients are!
09-02-2011, 03:29 PM
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Like treacle !!!
Originally Posted by annesthreads
I always have to remember to "translate" words like wadding before posting, to make sure that I'm understood on the other side of the pond! You baste, I tack, I think your muslin is my calico - etc etc.
As for food - using recipes can be quite difficult: not only do I have to convert cups to ounces or grams, but there are always Google searches or emails going across the Atlantic to find out what half the ingredients are!
As for food - using recipes can be quite difficult: not only do I have to convert cups to ounces or grams, but there are always Google searches or emails going across the Atlantic to find out what half the ingredients are!
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