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Topic Options #198953 - 04/09/11 09:52 PM Soubrette loisart stranger Registered: 09/17/10 Posts: 3 Back in the '50s or early '60s, there was a line of "Misses" clothing intended for teenagers called "Sue Brett". It may have been a Sears or Wards catalog line. I thought it was a clever play on words, but none of my friends 'got it'> Top #198955 - 04/09/11 09:59 PM Re: Soubrette [Re: loisart] Jackie Carpal Tunnel Registered: 03/15/00 Posts: 11580 Loc: Louisville, Kentucky Welcome, lois. Em...I'm afraid I don't get it, either, though I was around, then. What is (a?) soubrette, please? Never mind--just checked my W's A D all the way back to Monday. Sorry--we've been having a family crisis this week. Was this line a deliberate homophone, do you know? Top #198964 - 04/09/11 11:20 PM Re: Soubrette [Re: Jackie] Candy Pooh-Bah Registered: 09/21/10 Posts: 1705 Loc: down under Jackie...I didn't know either. I was thinking along the lines of 'brat' and teenager, so I LIU. soubrette Ah...now I get it. Good one Lois Top #198979 - 04/10/11 11:58 AM Re: Soubrette [Re: Candy] LukeJavan8 Carpal Tunnel Registered: 06/23/08 Posts: 5299 Loc: Land of the Flat Water WELCOME LOISART _________________________ ----please, draw me a sheep---- Top Previous Topic Index Next Topic Preview Hop to: General Topics ------   Information and announcements   Q&A about words   Wordplay and fun   Words and languages in schools   Miscellany   Weekly Themes   Looking for (writers, speakers, ...) (Old) Weekly themes. (have been consolidated into a single forum above) ------   Words from medicine   Beheading words   Meta-words   Words from classical mythology   Animal Safari   Words with unusual etymologies   Eponyms or words derived from people's names.   Loanwords from German   English as a global language Moderator:  Jackie  Print Topic Switch to Threaded Mode View profile Send a PM Add to your Watched Users View posts View profile Send a PM Add to your Watched Users View posts View profile Send a PM Add to your Watched Users View posts View profile Send a PM Add to your Watched Users View posts Forum Stats 8431 Members 16 Forums 13688 Topics 209832 Posts Max Online: 3341 @ 12/09/11 02:15 PM Newest Members supermatthias, prabakaran, sce, Eva, sylviasuper 8430 Registered Users Who's Online 3 registered (Jackie, jenny jenny, Marksma), 44 Guests and 2 Spiders online. Key: Admin, Global Mod, Mod Top Posters (30 Days) LukeJavan8 92 jenny jenny 62 wofahulicodoc 61 endymion6 56 Rhubarb Commando 37 BranShea 31 Faldage 16 Buffalo Shrdlu 15 zmjezhd 13 teepee 11 May Su M Tu W Th F Sa 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31

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