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Bingley and his Indonesian Mafia Ohmigawd!!  Actually, I thought about Bingley this afternoon: one of the questions at my son's Quick Recall match was what was the technique developed in Indonesia for coloring cloth by pressing wax into it.
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Indonesia has a mafia?  World events have certainly started to pass me by. This place is better than CNN!  "Greater indeed are pleasures that are shared."
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Almost any news source is better than CNN.
The Indonesian mafia types are usually referred to as oknum or in their more 'hands-on' manifestations 'preman'. If you're being careful 'pihak tertentu' (certain parties).
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In reply to:
what was the technique developed in Indonesia for coloring cloth by pressing wax into it.
So, did he know the answer? Do you share your AWordADays with him?
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I think they's talkin' batik, m'lady!
We have a rather lovely batik picture made by an artist friend of ours in pride of place on our lounge wall.
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That's what I was refering to, dude. In reply to:
Date: Fri Oct 3 00:01:07 EDT 2003
Subject: A.Word.A.Day--batik
X-Bonus: He who wishes to secure the good of others has already secured his own. -Confucius (c. 551-479? BC)
batik (buh-TEEK, BAT-ik) noun
1. A technique of dyeing fabrics that involves covering parts of it with
wax, dyeing the exposed part and then removing the wax with boiling
water.
2. A fabric dyed with this method.
[From Javanese batik (painted).]
"The center, according to her would be used to train children in batik
and tie dye making as well as basketry."
Rachael Amakye; Gov't Supports Women; Ghanaian Chronicle (Accra, Ghana);
Sep 5, 2003.
"The batik cotton dresses she wore were the color of the sun in a child's
drawing, and her neighbors could always spot her coming from several
blocks away."
Kevin Brockmeier; The Brief History of the Dead; New Yorker; Sep 8, 2003.
This week's theme: words originating in Southeast Asian countries.
Have another cup of coffee and a ciggy, sweetie.
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For those who are interested, after a lot of to-ing and fro-ing my part of Suite 101 (which has transmogrified from Ancient Greece to Ancient Biographies) is up and if not running, at least going at a brisk walk. http://www.suite101.com/welcome.cfm/ancient_biographiesBingley
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Congratulations! it looks great!
formerly known as etaoin...
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A great start, Robert. However, this link:
http://www.tertullian.org/fathers/nepos.htm.
is broken ...
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