Worn at the elbow?

[Dev]

Article on the BBC News website by Sarah Rainsford:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-18270547

in the fourth paragraph has:

"...children are charging out of the former Spanish mansion, pinafores
akimbo and neckerchiefs flying."

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Dev

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[Peter Duncanson]

On Sat, 02 Jun 2012 11:06:43 +0100, Dev <spam...@no.spam.invalid>
wrote:

>Article on the BBC News website by Sarah Rainsford:
>
> http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-18270547
>
>in the fourth paragraph has:
>
>"...children are charging out of the former Spanish mansion, pinafores
>akimbo and neckerchiefs flying."

I suppose that use of "akimbo" indicates that the pinafores are not
hanging next to theb children's bodies but away from them. That would be
caused by a combination of side-to-side movement of the bodies when
running and the air catching the clothes.

I wouldn't, myself, use "akimbo" to describe that.

Pinafore:
http://www.jemsclothing.com/images/garments/tartan/childrens-tartan-pinafore-lrg.jpg
Akimbo:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Akimbo

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Peter Duncanson, UK
(in uk.culture.language.english)

[Andy Leighton]

On Sat, 02 Jun 2012 12:15:50 +0100,
Peter Duncanson <ma...@peterduncanson.net> wrote:
> On Sat, 02 Jun 2012 11:06:43 +0100, Dev <spam...@no.spam.invalid>
> wrote:
>
>>Article on the BBC News website by Sarah Rainsford:
>>
>> http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-18270547
>>
>>in the fourth paragraph has:
>>
>>"...children are charging out of the former Spanish mansion, pinafores
>>akimbo and neckerchiefs flying."
>
>
> I suppose that use of "akimbo" indicates that the pinafores are not
> hanging next to theb children's bodies but away from them. That would be
> caused by a combination of side-to-side movement of the bodies when
> running and the air catching the clothes.

I'm not sure about that. I might hazard that it means that the pinafore
was crooked. Or maybe unfastened.

> I wouldn't, myself, use "akimbo" to describe that.

Nor would I.

> Pinafore:
> http://www.jemsclothing.com/images/garments/tartan/childrens-tartan-pinafore-lrg.jpg

There is also confusion between pinafore dress (often called a pinafore)
and a pinafore (a kind of apron, usually called a pinny).

The only neckerchiefs I can think of would be those worn at scouts.

All in all not the best sentence fragment I've ever read.

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Andy Leighton => an...@azaal.plus.com
"The Lord is my shepherd, but we still lost the sheep dog trials"
- Robert Rankin, _They Came And Ate Us_

[Peter Duncanson]

On Sat, 02 Jun 2012 06:33:24 -0500, Andy Leighton <an...@azaal.plus.com>

wrote:

>On Sat, 02 Jun 2012 12:15:50 +0100,
> Peter Duncanson <ma...@peterduncanson.net> wrote:
>> On Sat, 02 Jun 2012 11:06:43 +0100, Dev <spam...@no.spam.invalid>
>> wrote:
>>
>>>Article on the BBC News website by Sarah Rainsford:
>>>
>>> http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-18270547
>>>
>>>in the fourth paragraph has:
>>>
>>>"...children are charging out of the former Spanish mansion, pinafores
>>>akimbo and neckerchiefs flying."
>>
>>
>> I suppose that use of "akimbo" indicates that the pinafores are not
>> hanging next to theb children's bodies but away from them. That would be
>> caused by a combination of side-to-side movement of the bodies when
>> running and the air catching the clothes.
>
>I'm not sure about that. I might hazard that it means that the pinafore
>was crooked. Or maybe unfastened.
>

That could be right. I was interpreting it in view of the next phrase in
the sentence: "neckerchiefs flying". I assumed that the description was
of the effect of "charging out of..." on the clothes of the children.

>> I wouldn't, myself, use "akimbo" to describe that.
>
>Nor would I.
>
>> Pinafore:
>> http://www.jemsclothing.com/images/garments/tartan/childrens-tartan-pinafore-lrg.jpg
>
>There is also confusion between pinafore dress (often called a pinafore)
>and a pinafore (a kind of apron, usually called a pinny).
>
>The only neckerchiefs I can think of would be those worn at scouts.
>
>All in all not the best sentence fragment I've ever read.

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