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Previous Thread Next Thread Print Thread fan-light #116882 11/29/2003 5:58 PM Joined: Jan 2001 Posts: 13,858 wwh Carpal Tunnel wwh Carpal Tunnel Joined: Jan 2001 Posts: 13,858 "The private residence of Mr Pancks was in Pentonville, where he lodged on the second-floor of a professional gentleman in an extremely small way, who had an inner-door within the street door, poised on a spring and starting open with a click like a trap; and who wrote up in the fan-light, RUGG, GENERAL AGENT, ACCOUNTANT, DEBTS RECOVERED. The fan-light is a distinctive feature of Georgian architectural style. I is a semicircular arch over a window, with several sector shaped panes,which resemble an opened lady's fan. We have three such windows in our dining-room, but I didn't know the name for them until recently. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: fan-light #116883 01/02/2004 1:00 PM Joined: Sep 2001 Posts: 6,296 Piedmont Region of Virginia, U... Wordwind Carpal Tunnel Wordwind Carpal Tunnel Joined: Sep 2001 Posts: 6,296 Piedmont Region of Virginia, U... And I've known the name for years upon years, wwh, probably because such windows over doors are in abundance throughout the Richmond area. They're properly pretty, and, if done with thick bevelled glass, proclaim to the ascending guests, "We here have arrived,'--the degree of that arrival in direct proportion to the thickness of the glass. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Moderated by  Jackie  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... ------  Words from medicine  Beheading words  Meta-words  Words from classical mythology  Animal Safari  Words with unusual etymologies  Eponyms or words derived from p...  Loanwords from German  English as a global language Print Thread Switch to Threaded Mode Show Likes Link Copied to Clipboard View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary

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