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Pilates classes + onesie

Hello,
My professor in high-school gave me an assignment to analyse a news paper article. I don't understand the following sentence (my native language is Dutch):
"The Estancia Hotel and Spa in La Jolla, Calif., offers couples sessions with a photographer, chauffeured shopping excursions, Pilates classes, and a onesie for the baby."
What is meant by "Pilates classes" and "onesie". I can't find either the words, either the expression in a dictionary. The internet didn't help me either.
Could someone provide me an explication of those two expressions?

Thanks in advance,
Stefanie
PS: you can find the artcicle at
http://www.miami.com/mld/miamiherald/living/travel/11906785.htm (The Miami Herald)
  

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[nq:1]Hello, My professor in high-school gave me an assignment to analyse a news paper article. I don't understand the following ... expression in a dictionary.

  • [nq:1]Hello, My professor in high-school gave me an assignment to analyse a news paper article.
  • I don't understand the following ...
  • expression in a dictionary.
  • The internet didn't help me either.
  • [/nq] Pilates is a trendy exercise programme, invented by a German named Joseph Pilates in the 1880s.
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[nq:1]Hello, My professor in high-school gave me an assignment to analyse a news paper article. I don't understand the following ... expression in a dictionary. The internet didn't help me either. Could someone provide me an explication of those two expressions?[/nq]
Pilates is a trendy exercise programme, invented by a German named Joseph Pilates in the 1880s. It has recently become very popu
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Stefanie :
[nq:1]What is meant by "Pilates classes" and "onesie".[/nq]
Google is your friend. Use it and two minutes later, you can read:
"Pilates, (pronounced puh-LAH-****) developed in the 1920's by physical trainer, Joseph H. Pilates, is an exercise system focused on improving flexibility and strength for the total body without building bulk. Pilates is more than an exercise however
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[nq:2]Hello, My professor in high-school gave me an assignment to ... Could someone provide me an explication of those two expressions?[/nq]
[nq:1]Pilates is a trendy exercise programme, invented by a German named Joseph Pilates in the 1880s. It has recently become very popular with the type of people who investigate every new trend in exercise. It's pronounced pill-ARE-tees
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[nq:1]Pilates is a trendy exercise programme... It's pronounced pill-ARE-tees[/nq]
Only if you're nonrhotic and think that's the same as pill-AH-****.
Mark Brader, Toronto "Let us knot coin gnu werds huitch (Email Removed) are spelld rong." Rik Fischer Smoody
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[nq:2]Pilates is a trendy exercise programme... It's pronounced pill-ARE-tees[/nq]
[nq:1]Only if you're nonrhotic and think that's the same as pill-AH-****.[/nq]
I am, and I do.
So there's an interesting question. Are Belgians rhotic when speaking English as a foreign language?

David
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[nq:2]Only if you're nonrhotic and think that's the same as pill-AH-****.[/nq]
[nq:1]I am, and I do.[/nq]
I are!
Is English the only language which has every case of the current tense of the most popular verb in the language, irregular? (Shakespeare sneakiliy avoided it by using the infinitive, since otherwise the line would read; Am I or Aint I? Which even daringly-modern bbc director
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[nq:2]Pilates is a trendy exercise programme... It's pronounced pill-ARE-tees[/nq]
[nq:1]Only if you're nonrhotic and think that's the same as pill-AH-****.[/nq]
Of if you're a pirate!
Arr...

Please take off your shoes before arriving at my in-box. I will not, no matter how "good" the deal, patronise any business which sends unsolicited commercial e-mail or that advertises in
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[nq:2]Hello, My professor in high-school gave me an assignment to ... Could someone provide me an explication of those two expressions?[/nq]
[nq:1]Pilates is a trendy exercise programme, invented by a German named Joseph Pilates in the 1880s. It has recently become very popular with the type of people who investigate every new trend in exercise. It's pronounced pill-ARE-tees[/nq]
Equally "
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I don't know about the "most popular verb" business: "have" is used more often, since it can function as an auxiliary verb (the use of "be" as an auxiliary is encountered more rarely).
** that's interesting, i always thought the most popular 2 letter expression was "I'm" as in "I'm off tut pub!" I'm quite interested in word usage - can you cite a site which could address this issue?
As for
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[nq:1]Pilates is a trendy exercise programme, invented by a German named Joseph Pilates in the 1880s. It has recently become very popular with the type of people who investigate every new trend in exercise. It's pronounced pill-ARE-tees[/nq]
I'm so glad you gave the pronunciation. I see the word everywhere. I've never really wanted to say it, but I knew that if the urge came, I'd be embarrasse

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