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#114570 - 10/27/03 09:36 AM Re: what I was getting at
Faldage Carpal Tunnel Registered: 12/01/00 Posts: 13653	Besides, in The El Alamein Battle, El Alamein is being used as an adjective to modify Battle, the The is the article for Battle
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#114571 - 10/27/03 01:30 PM Not just the mantle, it's the whole fireplace
musick Carpal Tunnel Registered: 12/24/00 Posts: 2658 Loc: Chicago	This reminds me of a group of young whippersnappers whose sounds I enjoyed back in the 80's... http://www.thethe.com/sections/booth.html
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#114572 - 10/27/03 02:10 PM Re: Two questions
birdfeed member Registered: 11/19/02 Posts: 180 Loc: Atlanta, GA	Am I the only one who thinks "dutch cap" means diaphragm? As in contraceptive? Do you suppose the brand name is playing with double meanings here?
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#114573 - 10/27/03 05:31 PM Re: Two questions
belMarduk Carpal Tunnel Registered: 09/28/00 Posts: 2888	Never heard of them being called Dutch caps, birdfeed. I heard of French Letter, and Capotte Anglaise but that's pretty much it. French and English (Anglais) being the two main languages of Québec I assume the names came about as a put-down of the people who spoke the language you didn't. Did you have a lot of Dutch where you were brought up?
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#114574 - 10/27/03 10:34 PM Re: Two questions
Bingley Carpal Tunnel Registered: 04/09/00 Posts: 3065 Loc: Jakarta	I've certainly heard or read 'Dutch cap' as an expression for contraceptive diaphragm. Bingley _________________________ Bingley
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#114575 - 10/27/03 11:57 PM double meaning?
of troy Carpal Tunnel Registered: 10/17/00 Posts: 5400 Loc: rego park	me too,(dutch cap=diaphram), but these are VonDutch caps. could it be a play on words? i guess--but since many missed it.. _________________________ my other obsession
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#114576 - 10/28/03 12:47 AM Re: double meaning? now I'm sure of it
consuelo Carpal Tunnel Registered: 06/11/01 Posts: 2636 Loc: Caribbean	could it be a play on words? i guess--but since many missed it.. Well, isn't that the point of being uber-urbane? Heaven forfend that the hoi polloi should understand the double entendre.
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#114577 - 10/28/03 07:50 AM Re: double meaning? I kinda doubt it
AnnaStrophic Carpal Tunnel Registered: 03/15/00 Posts: 6511 Loc: lower upstate New York	... though it *would be clever. The website indicates an entire clothing (if you can call it that) line, not just caps/hats. If you go there, make sure you do so on a stong stomach. The front page alternates different biker types, each looking like he'd just emerged from a box-cutter fight. Apparently the guy's nickname has been Dutch since childhood. Don't know where the Von comes from, and as our Brits say, I can't be arsed.
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#114578 - 10/28/03 02:53 PM them thangs
birdfeed member Registered: 11/19/02 Posts: 180 Loc: Atlanta, GA	"Did you have a lot of Dutch where you were brought up?" No, I've just seen the expression when reading British fiction. I learned the other meaning of "french letter" from an Australian.
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