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In a novel I was reading yesterday I found the following: "He wore an English bespoke suit." The OED says that bespoken has a meaning of "ordered". Do I assume correctly that bespoke suit mean one that is tailored as opposed to off-the-rack?
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Yep, you got it in one. I bespeak my suits from a tailor in Singapore - cheaper and generally better quality than off-the-peg here in New Zealand and several miles cheaper than bespoke tailors here.
The idiot also known as Capfka ...
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I like this citation, from Punch: A ‘Special Collection’ which is, in harsh reality, a collection of bargain bespokes.
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Hi TEd, I notice my English brethren and sistren ( ?) have deigned not to post on this one, probably because your question appeared to have been answered. But I have to throw in that I've hardly ever heard of bespoke suits, even if I know what they are. You can get tailored suits, and that's it. I admit to the possibility that I may not be moving in the right circles. However, we talk about bespoke software (meaning customised rather than shrink-wrapped), and I think I've heard talk of bespoke cars as an alternate term for kit cars - where you order in the bits you want and assemble a unique heap of junk that costs you a fortune. Fisk Oh yes Happy New Year everyone.
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After a marathon period of piscine pedalling away from here, Shona returned with I notice my English brethren and sistren (?)Can any of our phine philologists tell me if English ever had a word like the German Geschwister? I've always thought that it was particularly handy, not to mention that its close connexion with schwester over bruder intrigued me from an herstorical perspective.
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Shona wishes us "Happy New Year everyone"
Thank you and the same to you.
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To you all ... Happy New Year, Jan. 23, 4699 From my pal who is heavily into Chinese culture, comes the following for your interest: 4966, the year of the metal yin Snake. Yin means receptive, interior, female. Snake compass point is South/SouthEast Snake time of the day is 9 to 11 a.m. Snake season is Spring to Summer. Snake is inherently fire. Fire melts metal thus a controlling cycle governs this year. In other cultures the years are : Islamic 1421 Christian 2001 Hindu 2056, Chinese 4699 Jewish 5761. The Snake is a highly spiritual symbol, a symbol of renewal and rebirth and, some say, the soul of the dragon. Women born in Snake years are considered the most beautiful... a great compliment in Asian cultures is to say "You are a veritable Snake of a woman." Guess who was born in the year of the Snake ! wow
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isn't it amazing how millions and millions of people born in the same year will all have the same characteristics?
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In other cultures the years are : Islamic 1421 Christian 2001 Hindu 2056, Chinese 4699 Jewish 5761.
Did the Chinese or Jewish cultures run into any problems with the Y2K bug a few thousand years ago, or did they find some way around it?
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Thank you for that, wow. I am a snake, too, and hadn't quite figured it was my year again (I'm a late-blooming-boomer-kinda-serpent). (I just KNEW we had something in common!)Tsuwm, read my lips:
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