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Previous Thread Next Thread Print Thread Can you quantify that Flounce for me? #49859 12/12/2001 9:10 PM Joined: Apr 2001 Posts: 69 IL Bryan Hayward journeyman Bryan Hayward journeyman Joined: Apr 2001 Posts: 69 IL I was looking in some technical specifications (American Society for Testing MAterials [ASTM] Index) and I was amazed to see the word "flounce" as a guide word. I always saw it in literature as "putting her nose in the air, she flounced out of the room" or something like that. In looking it up, the ASTM specifies two tests for "flounce" - one for mattresses and bedding, the other for "soft window decorations" (drapery, I'd imagine). I never thought of it as something that needs testing. Cheers, Bryan Cheers, Bryan You are only wretched and unworthy if you choose to be. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: Can you quantify that Flounce for me? #49860 12/12/2001 9:42 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... I wonder whether there's a flounce scale...something kind of in opposition to the mohs scale? WW Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: Can you quantify that Flounce for me? #49861 12/12/2001 10:53 PM Joined: Jan 2001 Posts: 13,858 wwh Carpal Tunnel wwh Carpal Tunnel Joined: Jan 2001 Posts: 13,858 Flounce can also refer to technique used in dress making: NOUN: A strip of decorative, usually gathered or pleated material attached by one edge, as on a garment or curtain. Perhaps such sewed places might be damaged by dry cleaning or laundering, as stitches might break, and so some type of test might be appropriate. Incidentally, this is similar to two meanings of "cleave" in another thread. The dictionary gives two different etymologies for "flounce". Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Flounce testing #49862 12/13/2001 7:05 PM Joined: Jan 2001 Posts: 771 Portland, Oregon Fiberbabe old hand Fiberbabe old hand Joined: Jan 2001 Posts: 771 Portland, Oregon Here's what I would test on flounce, if I was a flounce tester: Is the gathering spread evenly along the seam? Have all raw edges of the gathered piece been caught into the seam stitching? Have basting threads (for establishing the gathering) been removed or are any visible on the right side of the finished seam? Occupations dealing with these sorts of hard issues every day are unionized, guilded, and otherwise credentialed - I can see why they would have use for industry standards! Putting the "Fiber" back in Fiberbabe... Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: Can you quantify that Flounce for me? #49863 12/13/2001 8:36 PM Joined: Mar 2000 Posts: 11,613 Louisville, Kentucky Jackie Carpal Tunnel Jackie Carpal Tunnel Joined: Mar 2000 Posts: 11,613 Louisville, Kentucky Have I lost my mind, or was there a post here yesterday that listed several meanings of the word flounce? Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: Can you quantify that Flounce for me? #49864 12/13/2001 8:44 PM Joined: Dec 2000 Posts: 13,803 Faldage Carpal Tunnel Faldage Carpal Tunnel Joined: Dec 2000 Posts: 13,803 Have I lost my mind, or was there a post here yesterday... Are these choices mutually exclusive? Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: Can you qualify that for me? #49865 12/13/2001 9:26 PM Joined: Aug 2001 Posts: 2,605 Keiva Carpal Tunnel Keiva Carpal Tunnel Joined: Aug 2001 Posts: 2,605 Have I lost my mind, or was there a post here yesterday... Are these choices mutually exclusive? Does you ASp condone chatting? (to which I am crossthreading) Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: Can you quantify that Flounce for me? #49866 12/14/2001 2:15 AM Joined: Mar 2000 Posts: 11,613 Louisville, Kentucky Jackie Carpal Tunnel Jackie Carpal Tunnel Joined: Mar 2000 Posts: 11,613 Louisville, Kentucky Have I lost my mind, or was there a post here yesterday... Are these choices mutually exclusive? No, Faldage, they mose certainly are not! Just because you're paranoid, it doesn't mean they're not after you... Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter I wonder whether there's a flounce scale. #49867 12/14/2001 5:42 PM Joined: Jul 2000 Posts: 3,467 Marion NC TEd Remington Carpal Tunnel TEd Remington Carpal Tunnel Joined: Jul 2000 Posts: 3,467 Marion NC Of course there is. Why right here on the Coke can I am holding in my hand it says 12 flounces. TEd Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Coke can contents #49868 12/17/2001 5:16 AM Joined: Nov 2000 Posts: 1,289 Bobyoungbalt veteran Bobyoungbalt veteran Joined: Nov 2000 Posts: 1,289 Cans don't usually say fluid ounces; they usually say fl.oz., which for a long time I thought meant "floozies". Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: Coke can contents #49869 12/17/2001 12:32 PM Joined: Mar 2000 Posts: 11,613 Louisville, Kentucky Jackie Carpal Tunnel Jackie Carpal Tunnel Joined: Mar 2000 Posts: 11,613 Louisville, Kentucky fl.oz., which for a long time I thought meant "floozies And how much time did you spend peering into the can, hoping for a glimpse, sir? Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Abbreviations #49870 12/17/2001 2:02 PM Joined: Jan 2001 Posts: 1,773 Sparteye Pooh-Bah Sparteye Pooh-Bah Joined: Jan 2001 Posts: 1,773 When I was a kid, it took me forever to figure out the meaning of Reg US Pat Off. Who was Pat? Who was Reg? What, exactly, were they doing? Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: Abbreviations #49871 12/17/2001 4:47 PM Joined: Aug 2001 Posts: 2,605 Keiva Carpal Tunnel Keiva Carpal Tunnel Joined: Aug 2001 Posts: 2,605 As Richard Nixon (spouse of Patricaia) said (YCLIU), "America can't stand Pat." 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. 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