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Old 07-31-2016, 04:37 AM
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Originally Posted by sewbizgirl View Post
One of my peeves in sewing communities (like this one, ahem ahem...) is to hear the word "embroidery" used as a verb. Such as, "I'm going to embroidery it." NO, you are going to embroider it. Embroidery (a noun) is what you will have when you get done embroidering (verb).

These are probably the same people who say laundry when they mean launder - I laundried the quilt.
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