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- Wed Jun 22, 2022 4:39 am
- Forum: Skirts and Kilts for Men
- Topic: Another type of skirted clothing
- Replies: 16
- Views: 511
Re: Another type of skirted clothing
When my wife and I married -- many, many years ago -- down- filled quilts were coming into fashion in the UK as an alternative to sheets and blankets. People had encountered them on holidays in continental Europe. So we quickly decided to go that way. If you wear pyjamas or a nightdress under a quil...
- Wed Jun 08, 2022 5:15 am
- Forum: Skirts and Kilts for Men
- Topic: Sightings "in the wild"
- Replies: 1477
- Views: 188137
Re: Sightings "in the wild"
I'm beginning to wonder whether this discussion refers to chafing rather than chaffing -- which is a rather different thing 

- Mon May 23, 2022 8:48 pm
- Forum: Skirts and Kilts for Men
- Topic: Going to say it again...
- Replies: 15
- Views: 499
- Sat May 21, 2022 9:51 pm
- Forum: Off Topic
- Topic: The Importance of Punctuation
- Replies: 26
- Views: 806
Re: The Importance of Punctuation
I tend to laugh at the grammar Nazis. You knew what I meant, & minor errors in punctuation do not change the content. That may be true, but the function of a subeditor or copy editor is to give the reader as smooth a ride as possible by eliminating distractions such as inconsistent spelling and cap...
- Thu May 19, 2022 10:48 am
- Forum: Off Topic
- Topic: The Importance of Punctuation
- Replies: 26
- Views: 806
Re: The Importance of Punctuation
In my experience, the Oxford Comma is rarely seen in UK publications -- which is an odd thing if we invented it. I can't find my copy of Eats Shoots and Leaves, but G V Carey's authoritative Mind the Stop (1939, 1958) argues against it except in cases where there's a real risk of ambiguity, and Gowe...
- Tue May 17, 2022 9:25 pm
- Forum: Off Topic
- Topic: The Importance of Punctuation
- Replies: 26
- Views: 806
Re: The Importance of Punctuation
Despite having spent some happy years in Oxford, I dislike the Oxford comma because it doesn't add to or clarify the meaning. It's just extra clutter.
- Wed May 11, 2022 6:02 pm
- Forum: Freestyle Fashions
- Topic: Incerun Dress
- Replies: 34
- Views: 1641
Re: Incerun Dress
Interesting site. Never seen it before. If the size charts are accurate, it's actual American sizes. I'm assuming it's all shipped from Asia, though? Cheap cloth isn't surprising, but always something to watch out for. MB, is this the skirt you tried, by chance? https://www.incerunmen.com/collectio...
- Tue May 10, 2022 2:22 pm
- Forum: Introductions
- Topic: New here
- Replies: 23
- Views: 1096
Re: New here
The Helikon Tex tactical skirts have slits in the back. The denim skirt is stretchy in addition to having a slit, making it very comfortable. They are somewhat short depending on your height at 18.5 inches for the 34 waist, but the cut is good for a guy. Unfortunately the only UK stockists I've fou...
- Sat May 07, 2022 6:21 pm
- Forum: Off Topic
- Topic: Regarding the Electoral College and Other Quirks of the US Democratic Republic
- Replies: 29
- Views: 690
- Mon May 02, 2022 6:21 pm
- Forum: Freestyle Fashions
- Topic: Incerun Dress
- Replies: 34
- Views: 1641
Re: Incerun Dress
Note that there is large Incerun store on aliexpress.com -- where very many items come postage-free. It may work out cheaper on small orders.moonshadow wrote: ↑Mon May 02, 2022 2:58 amWhat witchcraft is this??![]()
There's some good looking stuff in there.
- Sun May 01, 2022 12:27 pm
- Forum: Off Topic
- Topic: Onychocryptosis
- Replies: 27
- Views: 635
Re: Onychocryptosis
By one of those mysterious coincidences, the clue to 3 Down in today's Sunday Times general knowledge crossword is "Painful condition known technically as onychocryptosis (7,7).
Has the compiler been studying this thread?
Has the compiler been studying this thread?
- Sat Apr 30, 2022 10:00 pm
- Forum: Off Topic
- Topic: Onychocryptosis
- Replies: 27
- Views: 635
Re: Onychocryptosis
Bzzzt -- deviation! It's all Greekrode_kater wrote: ↑Sat Apr 30, 2022 4:19 pmonycho-, nail
crypto-, hidden or buried
-sis, condition.
You just need to know a little Latin

- Fri Apr 29, 2022 7:10 pm
- Forum: Freestyle Fashions
- Topic: Exhibition at the V&A
- Replies: 17
- Views: 616
Re: Exhibition at the V&A
I can't speak for the curators, and I have not yet ploughed through the very large book which accompanies the exhibition, Sounds as if I'd better stick with the V&A's previous excursion into this territory: the accompanying book was Men in Skirts, by Andrew Bolton (2003). At least it begins encoura...
- Fri Apr 15, 2022 10:03 pm
- Forum: Kilts, Kilts
- Topic: Hot weather kilt
- Replies: 31
- Views: 1971
Re: Hot weather kilt
I’ve been thinking about trying one of her products. Since you have both, do you prefer the skirt or the “kilt”, which is more like a pseudo wrap skirt than a kilt. I think my Lady may give me less grief for the “kilt”, although I think I would like the skirt better. My first order included the kil...
- Thu Apr 14, 2022 10:58 am
- Forum: Off Topic
- Topic: Corona Virus
- Replies: 943
- Views: 29015
Re: Corona Virus
Was that prosecco or prosciutto? Half a bottle of either of them might give interesting results.Big and Bashful wrote: ↑Thu Apr 14, 2022 7:22 am...that last test was after half a bottle of proscetto and apparently alcohol can give you a positive result.
Anyway, get well soon!