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  1. Louise Anne

    Is the powder room dying on it's feet.

    To your credit and also of L/D I think your right about that, saying that I can clearly remember something going on outside the P/R along the negative lines about Tatoos. maybe that was out of control.
  2. Louise Anne

    Britishisms sneaking into American vernacular

    I really cannot belive that no one can see my point! it really proves that people do not read post in forum just go throught them.
  3. Louise Anne

    Is the powder room dying on it's feet.

    If it's about info on collecting vintage then I have to say this is not my first choose to post , there are better places to get collecting info on , Those place do not have ladies who wear vintage themselve (very much). I also have to agree with Amy Jeanne becase I did originally point a lot...
  4. Louise Anne

    Is the powder room dying on it's feet.

    The way I see it now is that the success of the Powder Room is also part of it's down fall becuse most thinks which need a question is covered some where in the past if you look, thus there no point in asking the same question When I joined My Space Face Book and blogger were not around or not...
  5. Louise Anne

    New Ladies and Gents Step Forward

    Your newish here so please intoduce yourself! I do know there is a similar thread else where, Maybe that's a little intimidating to add too now when the forum been going so long and some who feature on it do not post any more , especially interesting for us old hands to get to know the next...
  7. Louise Anne

    Britishisms sneaking into American vernacular

    It's nice to see a few ladies join in with this from the UK reading what they say have I feel unwittingly made have made my point, as I wrote on my face book page I have not the time to go around in circles and going off at strange angles, so if you do not understand my point I politely suggest...
  8. Louise Anne

    My Personal Nine-Day Challenge

    A little premature I know but welcome to the UK. Yes we not kidding when "The UK has had a rather soggy time of it lately." Priority is water proof. You will not have problems wearing seamed stockings there , there are a number of Pin up Models around there so seeing 40's and 50's is not that...
  9. Louise Anne

    Is the powder room dying on it's feet.

    A few years ago there was a brake away forum start in the UK they talked about simular stuff as in the powder room it was a very small set up but a number of UK ladies from here joined it, stopped posting here I do not see them here now. I think there will be one less from the UK on here also soon.
  10. Louise Anne

    Britishisms sneaking into American vernacular

    Too true, I do not expect any one to join in with it .
  11. Louise Anne

    Britishisms sneaking into American vernacular

    The BBC web site under some strain at the moment.
  13. Louise Anne

    Britishisms sneaking into American vernacular

    Americanisms and expressions which have come over the sea to us Pantyhose: This word has never take off in shops here , of course the Internet means now most ladies know what it means but we never use in shops when we ask for tights you also get a funny look if you use it. Have a good day: I...
  14. Louise Anne

    Britishisms sneaking into American vernacular

    It's explain above
  15. Louise Anne

    Britishisms sneaking into American vernacular

    A lot of us do not go around using these words it seam as if you are picking up on our slang which come basically from the play ground, maybe it come from books, the Enid Blyton and the famus five books are a goos esample of this no one here goes around using words like that even when it was...
  16. Louise Anne

    Sewing project:- A circle skirt

    My 1940's skirt id on hold for a while, any way the lady who was going to make it showed me a circle skirt she had made to sell at a vintage fair I was mighty impressed and I started looking around at them and got me thinking about them I found this video from a lady who made one on you tube...
  17. Louise Anne

    Britishisms sneaking into American vernacular

    I just sheering clear of this thread now!
  19. Louise Anne

    Britishisms sneaking into American vernacular

    Has any one noticed that there only two people from the UK who are taking part in this topic and if you look Estaban68 says from England and as I am from the UK (United Kindom) Maybe that is a small hint for you all to think about as you use "British" :mad: also your are all referring to...
  20. Louise Anne

    Britishisms sneaking into American vernacular

    Thank you That make loads of sense becuse my granddad worked for a grocery wholesale company from 1914 and all his life apart from the war years
  21. Louise Anne

    Britishisms sneaking into American vernacular

    Yes your right, I have no idea where it comes from but Grandad use to open a paper bag and offered me some spice ( boiled sweetes)
  22. Louise Anne

    Britishisms sneaking into American vernacular

    Ok another Britishism :- Spice Can any one figure that out?
  23. Louise Anne

    Britishisms sneaking into American vernacular

    That's one way it might use it , I am more likely to say "dodgy person" or to describe dodgy " wiring in a plug"

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