I'm not sure what you mean by "women of culture" ... "celebrities" maybe? My proud Puritan ancestors wore the same thing every day, whether they were working in the garden, building barns, going to church, or persecuting religious dissidents. And my Quaker ancestors wore the same thing whether they were being persecuted, or waiting to be persecuted. If it was good enough for them, it's good enough for me!
I'm not sure of the difference between exhibit and exhibition.
Your proud Puritan ancestors must have attracted every bear within a hundred mile radius.
But what I was referring to were those women of high social status who would buy an expensive gown for the season's big event - say, the Hunt Ball - and never stoop so low as to be seen dead in it a second time.
(I just had a thought. A number of the notable English industrialists in the 19th century were Quakers. I wonder what their wives wore to the Hunt Ball.)
And, yes; in UK English, the show itself is called an exhibition. Exhibits are the individual items being presented. But that's UK English, and you're not a Brit, you're a foreigner. And if there's one thing that's incomprehensible, it's a foreigner.
There's a lot of work gone into this. Nice match with the tile.
ReplyDeleteYou wore the same 'shirt' on the dig. I thought women of culture never wore the same thing twice.
And a complaint: I do wish you'd call it an exhibition.
Thanks!
ReplyDeleteI'm not sure what you mean by "women of culture" ... "celebrities" maybe? My proud Puritan ancestors wore the same thing every day, whether they were working in the garden, building barns, going to church, or persecuting religious dissidents. And my Quaker ancestors wore the same thing whether they were being persecuted, or waiting to be persecuted. If it was good enough for them, it's good enough for me!
I'm not sure of the difference between exhibit and exhibition.
Your proud Puritan ancestors must have attracted every bear within a hundred mile radius.
ReplyDeleteBut what I was referring to were those women of high social status who would buy an expensive gown for the season's big event - say, the Hunt Ball - and never stoop so low as to be seen dead in it a second time.
(I just had a thought. A number of the notable English industrialists in the 19th century were Quakers. I wonder what their wives wore to the Hunt Ball.)
And, yes; in UK English, the show itself is called an exhibition. Exhibits are the individual items being presented. But that's UK English, and you're not a Brit, you're a foreigner. And if there's one thing that's incomprehensible, it's a foreigner.
Especially a colonial one.
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