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Forum: General Chit-Chat (non-quilting talk)
07-31-2016, 04:37 AM
Replies: 126
Views: 7,956
Posted By ptquilts

These are probably the same people who say...

These are probably the same people who say laundry when they mean launder - I laundried the quilt.
Forum: General Chit-Chat (non-quilting talk)
07-17-2016, 07:25 AM
Replies: 126
Views: 7,956
Posted By ptquilts

I just read a story on another forum about...

I just read a story on another forum about someone who got stuck behind a funeral procession, carrying a balloon out the window that was too big to fit in the car. Message on balloon - GET WELL SOON....
Forum: General Chit-Chat (non-quilting talk)
07-17-2016, 04:00 AM
Replies: 126
Views: 7,956
Posted By ptquilts

I have known a few people from the midwest who...

I have known a few people from the midwest who use "laundry" as a verb ( I guess they mean launder).
Forum: General Chit-Chat (non-quilting talk)
07-13-2016, 10:13 AM
Replies: 126
Views: 7,956
Posted By ptquilts

Yikes!! I hated diagramming sentences!! Hope I...

Yikes!! I hated diagramming sentences!! Hope I never have to do another one!!

Loan can be a verb or a noun.

I used to work with a Swedish fellow who would use borrow instead of lend ("Can you...
Forum: General Chit-Chat (non-quilting talk)
07-11-2016, 06:36 PM
Replies: 126
Views: 7,956
Posted By ptquilts

there is a weatherman here in VT who says...

there is a weatherman here in VT who says "acrost" for across, drives me nuts. Trying to sound folksy, I guess.
Forum: General Chit-Chat (non-quilting talk)
07-11-2016, 05:05 PM
Replies: 126
Views: 7,956
Posted By ptquilts

Lay and lie is pretty easy - Lay is a transitive...

Lay and lie is pretty easy - Lay is a transitive verb, meaning it has an object. I lay the quilt on the bed. Lie is an intransitive verb, no object . I lie on the bed.

To clarify more, transitive...
Forum: General Chit-Chat (non-quilting talk)
07-11-2016, 04:39 AM
Replies: 126
Views: 7,956
Posted By ptquilts

Farther relates to actual distance - I walked...

Farther relates to actual distance - I walked farther than you.
Further is for everything else. I am further along in the quilt making process.

That is my understanding anyway.

I always want...
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