tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-280582018791422638.post157544704584604127..comments2024-03-28T17:44:17.403-07:00Comments on The Weaver of Grass: Still here - alive and kicking!The Weaver of Grasshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13947971556343746883noreply@blogger.comBlogger24125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-280582018791422638.post-67516074215203941712009-10-24T09:00:38.047-07:002009-10-24T09:00:38.047-07:00How interesting, and sad, that so many people have...How interesting, and sad, that so many people have died from stampeding cattle. Your postings are always so interesting and bring such wonderful comments. It seems your weather is doing much the same as mine. Today is sunny and cool so we will venture out to the woods to see what we can find. I love crafting from Birch bark and mosses. It's so fun to create holiday decorations. Hope you enjoy your day and are blessed with sunshine.CHummelKornellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10862056292807754590noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-280582018791422638.post-57942087689632265432009-10-24T05:49:27.841-07:002009-10-24T05:49:27.841-07:00hello weaver - a lovely telling of the unfolding o...hello weaver - a lovely telling of the unfolding of autumn. i'm interested in what you'll create on the sewing machine. i tried to use one a few times when i was younger and ended up with a wild zig zag of tangled cotton thread on an otherwise lovely piece of material!!! have a lovely day in the dale. stevenstevenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14132104804524716898noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-280582018791422638.post-18655095326413399052009-10-24T03:12:52.557-07:002009-10-24T03:12:52.557-07:00Hi. I was blog hopping and I found your blog today...Hi. I was blog hopping and I found your blog today. How very lovely it is! You are a natural storyteller. Big smile from this Canadian in Edinburgh.PurestGreenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10860331983741242940noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-280582018791422638.post-47449984566618708282009-10-24T01:34:03.241-07:002009-10-24T01:34:03.241-07:00As usual, when I read through the comments you hav...As usual, when I read through the comments you have posted here, I realise how much content you have added to the original post - it is lovely to get such discussions going - thank you all for taking the effort. Have a good weekend.The Weaver of Grasshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13947971556343746883noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-280582018791422638.post-26347881022581881492009-10-24T01:32:08.642-07:002009-10-24T01:32:08.642-07:00Derrick's comment on the word "now" ...Derrick's comment on the word "now" is also interesting. It made me think of other words with different meanings. Up here if you say that someone is only moderate - you really mean they are dying, whereas I would think moderate meant not just one hundred percent well.The Weaver of Grasshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13947971556343746883noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-280582018791422638.post-30908619435662072092009-10-24T01:30:17.417-07:002009-10-24T01:30:17.417-07:00Regarding my Bernin machine - I am taking it slowl...Regarding my Bernin machine - I am taking it slowly and getting to know it again. Typical of me - I can be obsessively tidy - I spent two hours tidying bookshelves in my study, trying to find the instruction book for my Bernina. When I finally found it it was in a box clearly marked "Brochures, catalogues and Instruction Books."The Weaver of Grasshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13947971556343746883noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-280582018791422638.post-69111673598614600422009-10-24T01:28:29.441-07:002009-10-24T01:28:29.441-07:00FTSE' comment on turnips is interesting. Up ...FTSE' comment on turnips is interesting. Up here, what I call a swede the farmer calls a turnip. Ruta baga is a vegetable - I bought some seeds one year but they came to little - rather like kohl rabi - sounds wonderful but doesn't really flourish here in the wild north.The Weaver of Grasshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13947971556343746883noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-280582018791422638.post-53366944729039022992009-10-23T20:29:02.168-07:002009-10-23T20:29:02.168-07:00A lovely post of Autumn and archaic words!
Aloha...A lovely post of Autumn and archaic words!<br /><br /><br />Aloha, Weaver<br /><br /><br /><a href="http://comfortspiral.blogspot.com/" rel="nofollow">Comfort Spiral</a>Cloudiahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05853753108637831069noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-280582018791422638.post-52330488048160479162009-10-23T18:43:48.298-07:002009-10-23T18:43:48.298-07:00I'm almost convinced that Fiends would be the ...I'm almost convinced that Fiends would be the right word...<br /><br />I also wonder if we have so many words that have built up regarding immediacy because we continue to ratchet up the pace of life higher and higher and higher, and nothing can come soon enough:)<br /><br />I would like tho see those autumn pictures!Red Cloverhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11905304732342794946noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-280582018791422638.post-65792560689012048892009-10-23T14:01:30.504-07:002009-10-23T14:01:30.504-07:00Hope you enjoyed playing on your Bernina today! L...Hope you enjoyed playing on your Bernina today! Look forward to seeing what you did! I'm a Bernina Babe too, and my machine has been sadly neglected of late. Delicious words!Jane Moxeyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03771039102502842946noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-280582018791422638.post-60007722772851379002009-10-23T13:32:03.393-07:002009-10-23T13:32:03.393-07:00Gald to hear you infernal internet access machine ...Gald to hear you infernal internet access machine is up and running again. Isn't it funny how we miss them when they aren't working! Hard to believe the book has taken so long to compile but now I really want to browse this one! Love all those fuuny words and am curious to find out their histories.Kim Palmerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00020977100640715191noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-280582018791422638.post-71851566467450559852009-10-23T12:05:26.983-07:002009-10-23T12:05:26.983-07:00Please publish a photograph of the pumpkin face.Please publish a photograph of the pumpkin face.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10908298905702314245noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-280582018791422638.post-26401547619842308762009-10-23T10:59:36.313-07:002009-10-23T10:59:36.313-07:00That's so nice that people got in touch after ...That's so nice that people got in touch after the previous post about blog friendship - it's like people noticing your milk hadn't been taken in in the "old days".<br /><br />Historical Thesaurus of the OED is the whole of my Christmas letter to Santa.Titushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16380213493011623153noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-280582018791422638.post-38111123993946662372009-10-23T10:48:27.313-07:002009-10-23T10:48:27.313-07:00Oh, I did miss you Weaver and glad that it is only...Oh, I did miss you Weaver and glad that it is only your computer that is ailing. Nice to read your interesting post again this morning.<br /><br />I am today wrapping a book present to send to our oldest Great-grandson who will be three on the 31st of October. I hope it is a happy day for both of you.Hildredhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05420791064923078834noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-280582018791422638.post-85413517260151184922009-10-23T09:18:31.202-07:002009-10-23T09:18:31.202-07:00Fun post. Shakespeare had quite a way with insult...Fun post. Shakespeare had quite a way with insults.Leeniehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17655189620056032790noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-280582018791422638.post-34283971630512260102009-10-23T08:02:52.194-07:002009-10-23T08:02:52.194-07:00Hello Weaver,
My father would occasionally use th...Hello Weaver,<br /><br />My father would occasionally use the term 'tripe-hound' but usually in a gently teasing way rather than rude!<br /><br />When I worked in South Africa, I was astonished to learn that if you asked for something to be done "now" it was taken to mean some time later and you had to say "now, now" if you meant immediately!Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00861397533660827678noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-280582018791422638.post-2797819412508735372009-10-23T07:56:04.429-07:002009-10-23T07:56:04.429-07:00Blogger was slow here yesterday, and at one point ...Blogger was slow here yesterday, and at one point shut down altogether - perhaps some sort of international blogger flu!Pondsidehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02407539138546412482noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-280582018791422638.post-44743537551269914182009-10-23T06:37:44.552-07:002009-10-23T06:37:44.552-07:00Yes, it will be nice to see what you make!Yes, it will be nice to see what you make!Golden Westhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04590087189810939432noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-280582018791422638.post-72039584378003556992009-10-23T06:09:46.818-07:002009-10-23T06:09:46.818-07:00Don't you tease me like this, where are the ph...Don't you tease me like this, where are the photos of the Bernina creativity? Have I got to wait until tomorrow?MarmaladeRosehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11248527809846840895noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-280582018791422638.post-27610273111068898662009-10-23T04:08:17.339-07:002009-10-23T04:08:17.339-07:00The words for the following vegetables:
carrot,
...The words for the following vegetables: <br />carrot, <br />cauliflower<br />potato <br />are in German <br />KARrot, <br />KARfiol,<br />KARtoffel <br />so the clue is KAR <br />KAR is of course GREEK<br />and KARyon is Greek for nut.<br />There you see, it's true the old saying, yes the Greeks have a word for it! And the word is KAR-ROTEN which means literally RED-NUTS!Gwil Whttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03305768121713053837noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-280582018791422638.post-9629934388396080142009-10-23T03:51:35.066-07:002009-10-23T03:51:35.066-07:00Glad to have you back and interested to hear you&#...Glad to have you back and interested to hear you've dusted off your machine. Looking forward to seeing what happens next!Amanda Sheridanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16035641953527752284noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-280582018791422638.post-49275235226162736292009-10-23T03:36:04.379-07:002009-10-23T03:36:04.379-07:00Equally interesting . . . "Branston Pickle&qu...Equally interesting . . . "Branston Pickle" refers to TURNIP (or possibly SWEDE) as "Ruta Berga" in their list of ingredients. Perhaps this is to make their bottled sludge (Ooops, sorry!), their pickle, sound more exotic? In the North East, older folk still refer to turnips as "bergies" - from "berga" - presumably Scandinavian? When commenting, I always tell the postee the characters I have to type in order to authenticate the comment. Honest - it's GROOLE today!Doctor FTSEhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10052101566471519778noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-280582018791422638.post-75624786800825687822009-10-23T03:19:56.808-07:002009-10-23T03:19:56.808-07:00Very interesting post Weaver. Smiling at wormlyc a...Very interesting post Weaver. Smiling at wormlyc and shack-rag ...I might borrow them if pushed to the limit :-)ArtPropelledhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15853722164314994360noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-280582018791422638.post-4286819348816906202009-10-23T03:08:30.100-07:002009-10-23T03:08:30.100-07:00You've got me thinking with those word origins...You've got me thinking with those word origins - <br />Karroten (carrots)<br />and<br />Kartoffel (spuds) <br />seem to me to have the same root 'Kar' -<br />and it's NOT French. We must look further, perhaps?Gwil Whttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03305768121713053837noreply@blogger.com