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held in place with a sort of padded band, often with some subdued decoration on the band,
My goodness! Amazing myself by bringing this thread back to Hyla's query. (Don't panic, it won't happen often.)
But what is the name of the padded bit that holds the scarf in place? I've noticed that the number of the bands appears to increase with the status of the wearer. King of Saudi Arabia seems to wear more bands than Arafat.
Anyone?
Spellwrecker wants Arafat to be Aramco. That's a truly eerie connection, n'est ce pas?
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Spellwrecker wants Arafat to be Aramco. That's a truly eerie connection, n'est ce pas?
It just means that he's responsible for the content and context in the Spellwrecker, surely? There's gotta be some reason that he doesn't seem to be able to come to an agreement with the Israelis ...
The idiot also known as Capfka ...
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Dear Casque-headed Genera,
That doesn't sound bad at all! But I'm still afraid of a
Hyla. Not the actual frog, though one did surprise me in a swimming pool one evening, causing me to scream my head
off*, but the image that the word Hyla evokes.
Yup, Geoff, I'm weird, all right!
*to my immense embarrassment, once I realized the harmlessness of the little thing. But darn it, it's startling to realize that something you thought was a toy being pulled on a string was actually a live creature, and not only that, was making deliberate attempts to come at me!
I heard the lifeguard quit the next day--it was his first evening on the job, too...
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I'd change my handle to "casque-headed" for you, Jackie, if I didn't have to go through the whole stranger-newbie-member thing again. As it is, I think I'm going to stick with the name that strikes terror into your heart, that of the itsy, bitsy tiny tree frog - granted they often have loud voices, but the things just ain't scary.
I have to ask - what exactly is the image that the name brings to mind?
With that, I think we've taken enough of these nice people's time.
HYLA! (skeert ya, dint I?)
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A 'turban' is fairly similar to 'kaffiyeh' too. dictionary.com says this:
'A traditionally Muslim headdress consisting of a long scarf of linen, cotton, or silk that is wound around a small cap or directly around the head.'
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Though I think kaffiyeh is probably right, the first word that came into my mind was "burnoose". M-W.com says a burnoose is a one-piece hooded cloak, but I've always thought of it as strictly headgear. Anyone out there care to back me up (or shoot me down)?
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M-W.com says a burnoose is a one-piece hooded cloakand they agree with me  but I would use the alternative spelling of burnous. I think of it only in terms of Arabian deserts (not desserts, before the girls start in on food again) and as a robe with some kind of head covering. Rod
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Arabian deserts (not desserts, before the girls start in on food again)
Oh, just a minute there! THE GIRLS ...??? ....
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Arabian deserts (not desserts, before the girls start in on food again)
Oh, just a minute there! THE GIRLS ...??? ....
spoken entirely in jest to tease I assure you. Which bit of the tease are you objecting to? The terminology of "Girls" or my sexist implication about food, or both? My apologies if I raised real hackles.
[Cowering from the food fight emoticon]
Rod
Want to think up an appropriate punishment for me?
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Nipples of Venus at forty paces?
Your choice : throw or eat?
(no hackles -- just couldn't resist!)
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