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Duvet not a common American usage
Byatt is providing me with a refreshed diction apparently; she uses duvet once or twice in "Body Art", the second longish short in her collection I mentioned down below, but for the life of me, in my neck of the woods, it isn't a common substitute for bed spread, and didn't sound like a healthy Saxon survival in the British lexicon, and I guessed right on its etymology being French.
Joanne who likes it better than bed spread
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Joanne who likes it better than bed spread
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[nq:1]Byatt is providing me with a refreshed diction apparently; she uses duvet once or twice in "Body Art", the second ... in the British lexicon, and I guessed right on itsetymology being French. " Raymond S.
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- in the British lexicon, and I guessed right on itsetymology being French.
- " Raymond S.
- Wise Minneapolis, Minnesota USA E-mail: mplsray @ yahoo .
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[nq:1]Byatt is providing me with a refreshed diction apparently; she uses duvet once or twice in "Body Art", the second ... in the British lexicon, and I guessed right on itsetymology being French. Joanne who likes it better than bed spread[/nq]
I use the term "comforter."
Raymond S. Wise
Minneapolis, Minnesota USA
E-mail: mplsray @ yahoo . com
I use the term "comforter."
Raymond S. Wise
Minneapolis, Minnesota USA
E-mail: mplsray @ yahoo . com
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[nq:1]Byatt is providing me with a refreshed diction apparently; she uses duvet once or twice in "Body Art", the second ... British lexicon, and I guessed right on its etymology being French. Joanne who likes it better than bed spread [/nq]
That's because a bed spread is a different beast. Do you really not use duvets in the states? Big, stuffed thing with a cover, more like an eiderdown than
That's because a bed spread is a different beast. Do you really not use duvets in the states? Big, stuffed thing with a cover, more like an eiderdown than
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[nq:1]Byatt is providing me with a refreshed diction apparently; she uses duvet once or twice in "Body Art", the second ... the British lexicon, and I guessed right on its etymology being French. Joanne who likes it better than bed spread[/nq]
But in UK usage, a bed spread and a duvet are entirely different things.
Bed spreads are simple coverlets which go over a bed made up with blankets.
But in UK usage, a bed spread and a duvet are entirely different things.
Bed spreads are simple coverlets which go over a bed made up with blankets.
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[nq:1]That's because a bed spread is a different beast. Do you really not use duvets in the states?[/nq]
What's a counterpane, then?
Michael DeBusk, Co-Conspirator to Make the World a Better Place Did he update http://home.earthlink.net/~debu4335/ yet?
What's a counterpane, then?
Michael DeBusk, Co-Conspirator to Make the World a Better Place Did he update http://home.earthlink.net/~debu4335/ yet?
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[nq:1]Byatt is providing me with a refreshed diction apparently; she uses duvet once or twice in "Body Art", the second ... British lexicon, and I guessed right on its etymology being French. Joanne who likes it better than bed spread [/nq]
When they were first introduced the term 'Continental Quilt' was used, presumably because it was thought we couldn't cope with something as foreign-soundin
When they were first introduced the term 'Continental Quilt' was used, presumably because it was thought we couldn't cope with something as foreign-soundin
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[nq:2]Byatt is providing me with a refreshed diction apparently; she ... French. Joanne who likes it better than bed spread [/nq]
[nq:1]That's because a bed spread is a different beast. Do you really not use duvets in the states? Big, stuffed ... the undersheet) and blankets? They came in here in the 1970s, I've an idea its a vaguely Scandanavian thing.[/nq]
They certainly had them in Germ
[nq:1]That's because a bed spread is a different beast. Do you really not use duvets in the states? Big, stuffed ... the undersheet) and blankets? They came in here in the 1970s, I've an idea its a vaguely Scandanavian thing.[/nq]
They certainly had them in Germ
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[nq:2]That's because a bed spread is a different beast. Do you really not use duvets in the states?[/nq]
[nq:1]What's a counterpane, then?[/nq]
I thought it was the thing that goes round the actual bed below the mattress and hides the top, but I'm on shaky ground here, and a Google image search didn't help. Maybe it's a duvet in some parts.
DC, off to paint a shed, where the cer
[nq:1]What's a counterpane, then?[/nq]
I thought it was the thing that goes round the actual bed below the mattress and hides the top, but I'm on shaky ground here, and a Google image search didn't help. Maybe it's a duvet in some parts.
DC, off to paint a shed, where the cer
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[nq:2]What's a counterpane, then?[/nq]
[nq:1]I thought it was the thing that goes round the actual bed below the mattress and hides the top, but ... Maybe it's a duvet in some parts. DC, off to paint a shed, where the certainties of this life are.[/nq]
No, hang on, I'm thinking of Holly Valance.
[nq:1]I thought it was the thing that goes round the actual bed below the mattress and hides the top, but ... Maybe it's a duvet in some parts. DC, off to paint a shed, where the certainties of this life are.[/nq]
No, hang on, I'm thinking of Holly Valance.
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[nq:2]That's because a bed spread is a different beast. Do you really not use duvets in the states?[/nq]
[nq:1]What's a counterpane, then?[/nq]
Another word for "bedspread", I thought; not a duvet (as far as I know).
Cheers, Harvey
Ottawa/Toronto/Edmonton for 30 years;
Southern England for the past 21 years.
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[nq:1]What's a counterpane, then?[/nq]
Another word for "bedspread", I thought; not a duvet (as far as I know).
Cheers, Harvey
Ottawa/Toronto/Edmonton for 30 years;
Southern England for the past 21 years.
(for e-mail, change harvey to whhvs)
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[nq:2]Byatt is providing me with a refreshed diction apparently; she ... French. Joanne who likes it better than bed spread [/nq]
[nq:1]That's because a bed spread is a different beast. Do you really not use duvets in the states? Big, stuffed ... the undersheet) and blankets? They came in here in the 1970s, I've an idea its a vaguely Scandanavian thing.[/nq]
What you are describing is what
[nq:1]That's because a bed spread is a different beast. Do you really not use duvets in the states? Big, stuffed ... the undersheet) and blankets? They came in here in the 1970s, I've an idea its a vaguely Scandanavian thing.[/nq]
What you are describing is what
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