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06-04-2013, 08:12 AM
#173
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Thanks for all the nice comments on Red, White and Blue quilt for Cogito. Most of the fabrics are from the American Collection by Mary Jo Tuttle in the April 2013 Connecting Threads catalog. I have no idea where the backing fabric I used was purchased or when. It just went together with the rest of them! And as you all can see, it's a good thing love is blind, because I made plenty of mistakes on that little quilt! I'll try to do better on SistahDebbra's! I need to PM her.
06-04-2013, 09:30 AM
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Ooftah! I am way behind I think
not started my DQ for KimmieH yet!
My mothers parents, Norwegians from Minn., always used it. My mother and her siblings didn't learn to speak English until they went to school. At that time the family only spoke English and the children forgot the Norwegian language.but never stopped useing "Ooftah"
not started my DQ for KimmieH yet! My mothers parents, Norwegians from Minn., always used it. My mother and her siblings didn't learn to speak English until they went to school. At that time the family only spoke English and the children forgot the Norwegian language.but never stopped useing "Ooftah"
06-04-2013, 10:53 AM
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That's funny Cogito - I didn't realize it was so rare to hear. My grandparents were of Norwegian ancestory and my grandmother said "Ooftah!" often. It means the same thing as "Oh my goodness" or "Good grief" or like you said "Geez". It must be a Swedish saying too, which makes sense, since they have only been separate countries in recent history. It must be heard a lot in the areas of our country with larger concentrations of people with Scandanavian heritage. The word is used like crazy in Scandanavian jokes. It is spelled a lot of different ways... uff-da being used more often. Hah hah I sound like a linguist or something. 
I do love to learn the background of things and we can see you do too.
I do love to learn the background of things and we can see you do too.
06-04-2013, 01:05 PM
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Cogito, what fun parents you had! Growing up in our household we spoke a blend of languages - Lithuanian, Polish, Russian, a dialect of Romani - and English, of course. At one point I noticed that the language used sort of depended on the emotional content of the conversation. Later on my sisters and I added Spanish, French and Latin to the mix just for fun -- three languages the relatives DIDN'T speak, LOL!
Well, July is going to be a combination of Self-Portrait and/or Where I Live so we can always toss OOFDAH into the mix!
Well, July is going to be a combination of Self-Portrait and/or Where I Live so we can always toss OOFDAH into the mix!
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