OT Urgent Undies ?

Carol Schwaderer Dickinson

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Mar 2, 2003, 3:00:17 AM3/2/03

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Would some kind lady who wears about a 10 or 12 in pants, please advise
(privetely if you are shy) what size undies do I buy now that I'm that
size? Flummoxed after several attempts

Carol
still the incredibly shrinking woman
and desperately in need of smaller panties.

Jeanne Ketterer

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Mar 2, 2003, 10:07:50 AM3/2/03

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I don't believe I just read this.
I don't believe I'm giving an answer.
Pure guessing and of course size of the butt: between a 6 and a 9. Then of
course you have to decide between brands, style, etc. Try buying a cheap
single pair, first.

Jeanne
going for more coffee ...
okay, we have to put this in our faq or something.

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Jennifer Jordan

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Mar 2, 2003, 10:21:25 AM3/2/03

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Of course, thongs will work not matter the cheek size.

Jen-4

>I don't believe I just read this.
>I don't believe I'm giving an answer.
>Pure guessing and of course size of the butt: between a 6 and a 9. Then of
>course you have to decide between brands, style, etc. Try buying a cheap
>single pair, first.
>
>Jeanne
>going for more coffee ...
>okay, we have to put this in our faq or something.
>

>> Would some kind lady who wears about a 10 or 12 in pants, please advise

Sarah Weinman

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Mar 2, 2003, 10:26:32 AM3/2/03

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On Sun, 02 Mar 2003 09:21:25 -0600, Jennifer Jordan
<lovin...@cognisurf.com> wrote:

>Of course, thongs will work not matter the cheek size.
>
>Jen-4

Thongs just do not work in general.

Sarah

No Doze

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Mar 2, 2003, 10:58:39 AM3/2/03

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Carol Schwaderer Dickinson wrote:

Oh my god.

There really haas to be a better place to be asking this question. Like
maybe a place that sells undies?

Jon

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Jennifer Jordan

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Mar 2, 2003, 11:05:14 AM3/2/03

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>>Of course, thongs will work not matter the cheek size.
>>
>>Jen-4
>
>Thongs just do not work in general.
>
>Sarah

They're practically all I wear. Whattya think o that Jon?
You saw the heading had undies in it and you looked....
Thank God she didn't call them panties... bleh.

Jen-4

Barbara

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Mar 2, 2003, 11:14:09 AM3/2/03

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I would definitely try the 6. 9 will be too big.
Barb

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Susan Mulanax

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Mar 2, 2003, 11:21:34 AM3/2/03

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"Jennifer Jordan" <lovin...@cognisurf.com> wrote in message
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> They're practically all I wear. Whattya think o that Jon?
> You saw the heading had undies in it and you looked....
> Thank God she didn't call them panties... bleh.
>
> Jen-4

Ditto....I find that I prefer to 'no-pantie-line' thing too much. Also,
cheeks don't matter with thongs.....:-)

Sue in LV, home of the thong

Jeanne

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Mar 2, 2003, 11:42:48 AM3/2/03

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Size 4/5 or 6 for the 10, size 6 or 7 for the 12's. Buy the best you can
afford. Good ones wear like cast iron and don't shrink with much better
quality, therefore comfort in the elastic and fabric.

Jeanne
whose thinking a 5 to 7 range will suit you fine.

J&J

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Mar 2, 2003, 11:48:41 AM3/2/03

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> Of course, thongs will work not matter the cheek size.

> Jen-4

Yes! Carol in a thong!
Send pics!

KS

Jennifer Jordan

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Mar 2, 2003, 11:59:29 AM3/2/03

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Good ones wear like cast iron????? OUCH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Jen-4

Jeanne Ketterer

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Mar 2, 2003, 11:59:49 AM3/2/03

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"Jeanne" <tay...@cox.net> wrote in message
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[snip]

Buy the best you can afford. Good ones wear like cast iron and don't shrink
with much better
> quality, therefore comfort in the elastic and fabric.
>
> Jeanne
> whose thinking a 5 to 7 range will suit you fine.
>

One of my credos: ~Always~ spend the money on quality undergarments
even if you only wear jeans and t-shirts -- add a spritz of perfume, you can
face anything.

way too much information,
Jeanne

Sarah Weinman

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Mar 2, 2003, 12:05:54 PM3/2/03

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"Susan Mulanax" <lv...@lvcm.com> wrote in message
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>
> Ditto....I find that I prefer to 'no-pantie-line' thing too much. Also,
> cheeks don't matter with thongs.....:-)
>
> Sue in LV, home of the thong

The word "panties" never fails to make me cringe....

Now as for thongs, nope, still don't get them. But bloody hell, shopping
for underwear is worse than shopping for clothes. And that's saying a
lot.....

Sarah

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kat >^.^<

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Mar 2, 2003, 1:26:48 PM3/2/03

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Are you a pear or an apple? I get the impression you carry your weight in
your upper body, which would imply that a 5 might be your best bet.
I'm a pear, and I go with the size six, and I wear 10 and 12, depending on
the cut of the jeans.
And I get cheapies, because I like buying "fun" ones, like Scooby Doo. It
is amazing how much confidence Power Puff Girls undies can give you, even if
nobody else knows...
kat >^.^<
in Wisconsin

Susan Mulanax

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Mar 2, 2003, 1:48:05 PM3/2/03

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"kat >^.^<" <trompB...@newnorth.net> wrote in message
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> And I get cheapies, because I like buying "fun" ones, like Scooby Doo.
It
> is amazing how much confidence Power Puff Girls undies can give you, even
if
> nobody else knows...
> kat >^.^<
> in Wisconsin
>

Power Puff Girls undies???????? I want some of those--where did you get
them?

Sue in LV

Fran Read

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Mar 2, 2003, 3:49:02 PM3/2/03

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> > Size 4/5 or 6 for the 10, size 6 or 7 for the 12's. Buy the best
you can
> > afford. Good ones wear like cast iron and don't shrink with much
better
> > quality, therefore comfort in the elastic and fabric.
> > Jeanne
> > whose thinking a 5 to 7 range will suit you fine.
>

> Those are sizes ? I always thought they came in s, m, l, xl, etc,
> sometimes with the estimated hip measurement for which they were
intended
> included on the label.
> I can't imagine a hip size of 7 anything - inches, feet, metres....
It
> must be some kind of arbitrary number, like a dress size.
> Cheryl

I'm finding this confusing- for many reasons! Aren't undies in the
USA sized the same as trousers generally? I know our sizes are
different, but around these parts a person who wears size 10 jeans
would also probably wear size 10 undies.
Fran (amazed)

Fran Read

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Mar 2, 2003, 3:55:59 PM3/2/03

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> Jeanne wrote:
> >Size 4/5 or 6 for the 10, size 6 or 7 for the 12's. Buy the best
you can
> >afford. Good ones wear like cast iron
>

> Somehow, I like this image.
> Mistress Fran

Hahahaha! Sounds agonising, actually!
The Real Fran

Bookwyrm

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Mar 2, 2003, 3:59:11 PM3/2/03

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Not here. Size 16-18 slacks. Size 10 cotton undies.

Bookwyrm

Fran Read

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Mar 2, 2003, 4:04:48 PM3/2/03

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> > I'm finding this confusing- for many reasons! Aren't undies in
the
> > USA sized the same as trousers generally? I know our sizes are
> > different, but around these parts a person who wears size 10 jeans
> > would also probably wear size 10 undies.
> > Fran (amazed)
>
> Not here. Size 16-18 slacks. Size 10 cotton undies.
> Bookwyrm

Crazy! Where's the logic in that? No wonder Carol's gone bonkas!
Fr... er, Beth

Jeanne

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Mar 2, 2003, 4:45:19 PM3/2/03

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Sarah Weinman wrote:

> "Susan Mulanax" <lv...@lvcm.com> wrote in message
> news:icq8a.21979$Pa.19...@news2.west.cox.net
> >
> > Ditto....I find that I prefer to 'no-pantie-line' thing too much. Also,
> > cheeks don't matter with thongs.....:-)
> >
> > Sue in LV, home of the thong
>
> The word "panties" never fails to make me cringe....

If heard too many times in the same week hives follow.

Jeanne
"panties" *shudder*

>
>

Bookwyrm

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Mar 2, 2003, 5:06:04 PM3/2/03

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Since when have clothing manufacturers been constrained by logic??

:)
Bookwyrm

kat >^.^<

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Mar 2, 2003, 6:05:23 PM3/2/03

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"Susan Mulanax" <lv...@lvcm.com> wrote in message

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> >
> Power Puff Girls undies???????? I want some of those--where did you get
> them?
>
> Sue in LV
>
>

We have a Shopko up here that carries them. I would guess Target, K-mart or
someone would carry them. Wal-Mart doesn't, I don't think.
The label says "Cartoon Network" and Warner Brothers. They were in a bin,
not on hangers. Plain cotton blend, I think.
kat >^.^<
sharing TMI
in Wisconsin

JLS411

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Mar 2, 2003, 7:07:25 PM3/2/03

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In article <b3tqno$2vlq$1...@arachne.labyrinth.net.au>, "Fran Read"
<fr...@southcom.com.au> wrote:

<< I'm finding this confusing- for many reasons! Aren't undies in the
USA sized the same as trousers generally? I know our sizes are
different, but around these parts a person who wears size 10 jeans
would also probably wear size 10 undies.
Fran (amazed) >>

Fran, for some bizarre reason, the size of your jeans and the size of what you
wear under them are 2 different things around here. I dunno why.

Jenni (size 4 and size 7, and won't say which is which)

Jenni :-)

"I guess you could say we broke up because of artistic differences. He saw
himself as alive - and I saw him dead."
-- "Chicago"

No Doze

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Mar 2, 2003, 7:48:21 PM3/2/03

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Jeanne wrote:

pantiespantiespantiespantiespantiespantiespantiespantiespantiespantiespantiespanties

Jon - doesn't mind the word

Hurricane7

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Mar 2, 2003, 7:46:35 PM3/2/03

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ummmmmm not much to do on a Sunday afternoon I see Jon

Patricia :-)

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Gina Metz

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Mar 2, 2003, 7:46:40 PM3/2/03

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In article <b3tqno$2vlq$1...@arachne.labyrinth.net.au>, "Fran Read"

<fr...@southcom.com.au> writes:

>
>I'm finding this confusing- for many reasons! Aren't undies in the
>USA sized the same as trousers generally? I know our sizes are
>different, but around these parts a person who wears size 10 jeans
>would also probably wear size 10 undies.
>Fran (amazed)
>
>

I thought I was the only one. I live in the US and I buy the same size undies
as my jeans. If I bought smaller they wouldn't cover my ass.

Gina

Sarah Weinman

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Mar 2, 2003, 7:47:42 PM3/2/03

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On Sun, 02 Mar 2003 18:48:21 -0600, No Doze <nig...@execpc.com> wrote:

>
>Jon - doesn't mind the word

Wow, that was an impressive display of immaturity.....

Sarah

Greenbanks

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Mar 2, 2003, 7:56:43 PM3/2/03

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>Jon - doesn't mind the word

That's 'cause you're a guy and guys like that word.
What size panties do you wear, Jon?

No Doze

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Mar 2, 2003, 8:06:07 PM3/2/03

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Greenbanks wrote:

I go commado thanks.

I just don't understand the dislike of the word.

No Doze

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Mar 2, 2003, 8:18:22 PM3/2/03

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Naomi Darvell wrote:

> x-no-archive: yes

>
> No Doze wrote:
>
> >
> >Greenbanks wrote:
> >
> >> >Jon - doesn't mind the word
> >>
> >> That's 'cause you're a guy and guys like that word.
> >> What size panties do you wear, Jon?
> >
> >I go commado thanks.
> >
> >I just don't understand the dislike of the word.
> >
>

> Because it sounds too much like "pant'?
>
> Naomi D.

Hey, I didn't coin the word, and all the catologs and stores and
manufactuers call them that.

But that's ok. Blame me.

Jeanne

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Mar 2, 2003, 8:36:37 PM3/2/03

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No Doze wrote:

>
> > Sarah Weinman wrote:
> >
> > > "Susan Mulanax" <lv...@lvcm.com> wrote in message
> > > news:icq8a.21979$Pa.19...@news2.west.cox.net
> > > >
> > > > Ditto....I find that I prefer to 'no-pantie-line' thing too much. Also,
> > > > cheeks don't matter with thongs.....:-)
> > > >
> > > > Sue in LV, home of the thong
> > >
> > > The word "panties" never fails to make me cringe....
> >
> > If heard too many times in the same week hives follow.
> >
> > Jeanne
> > "panties" *shudder*
> >
>

snipped many panties

>
> Jon - doesn't mind the word

itch to infinity squared.

Jeanne
who does

No Doze

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Mar 2, 2003, 9:07:51 PM3/2/03

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Jeanne wrote:

Well,

I will do my best to use alternate words instead if I need to post about briefs or
what have you...

Jeremy

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Mar 2, 2003, 11:16:08 PM3/2/03

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"No Doze" <nig...@execpc.com> wrote in message
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> Jeanne wrote:
>
> > Sarah Weinman wrote:
> >
> > > "Susan Mulanax" <lv...@lvcm.com> wrote in message
> > > news:icq8a.21979$Pa.19...@news2.west.cox.net
> > > >
> > > > Ditto....I find that I prefer to 'no-pantie-line' thing too much.
Also,
> > > > cheeks don't matter with thongs.....:-)
> > > >
> > > > Sue in LV, home of the thong
> > >
> > > The word "panties" never fails to make me cringe....
> >
> > If heard too many times in the same week hives follow.
> >
> > Jeanne
> > "panties" *shudder*
> >
>
>

> Jon - doesn't mind the word
>

The thing that scares me, the thing that could indeed
keep me up at night, is how much I suspect you enjoyed that posting that.

Jeremy

MaryM

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Mar 2, 2003, 11:19:16 PM3/2/03

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"Jeanne" <tay...@cox.net> wrote in message

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>

>
> Jeanne
> who does
>

Yes! I've always hated that word!
MaryWM
(who also doesn't wear socksies, or blue jeannies, or blousies...or any
other
too damn cutesy a term to apply to a grown woman)

@frontiernet.net Ed Grabau and Pam Jacoby

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Mar 2, 2003, 11:41:18 PM3/2/03

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"Jeremy" wrote in message
> "No Doze" wrote in message

> > Jeanne wrote:
> > > Sarah Weinman wrote:
> > > >
> > > > The word "panties" never fails to make me cringe....
> > >
> > > If heard too many times in the same week hives follow.
> > >
> > > Jeanne
> > > "panties" *shudder*

> > Jon - doesn't mind the word
> >
> The thing that scares me, the thing that could indeed
> keep me up at night, is how much I suspect you enjoyed that posting that.
>
> Jeremy
>
>

Me thinks that Jon is upset with the OT post and wants to make everyone pay
for it!!!!

Pam

Annie C

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Mar 2, 2003, 11:46:50 PM3/2/03

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"Jeremy" <myste...@attbi.nospamcom> wrote in message
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>
> "No Doze" <nig...@execpc.com> wrote in message
> news:3E62A654...@execpc.com...
> > >

{snipped 5kb of panties}

>
pantiespantiespantiespantiespantiespantiespantiespantiespantiespantiespantie
> spanties
> >
> >
>
pantiespantiespantiespantiespantiespantiespantiespantiespantiespantiespantie
> spanties
> >
> >
>
pantiespantiespantiespantiespantiespantiespantiespantiespantiespantiespantie
> spanties
> >
> >
>
pantiespantiespantiespantiespantiespantiespantiespantiespantiespantiespantie
> spanties
> >
> > Jon - doesn't mind the word
> >
> The thing that scares me, the thing that could indeed
> keep me up at night, is how much I suspect you enjoyed that posting that.
>
> Jeremy
>

Daydreaming about the g-boutique again are we, Jon?
heh.

Annie C

Piliki

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Mar 2, 2003, 11:22:31 PM3/2/03

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<<Jeanne
"panties" shudder>>

Drawers? Bloomers? Pantaloons?
Combinations?

Ah!! Got it!!!

Knickers!!

By George, I got it.

Piliki helpful as she can be

No Doze

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Mar 3, 2003, 12:22:17 AM3/3/03

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Not me. I'm just having fun talking about knickers.

Carol Schwaderer Dickinson

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Mar 3, 2003, 2:19:04 AM3/3/03

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> Me thinks that Jon is upset with the OT post and wants to make everyone pay
> for it!!!!
>
> Pam

Must be it. We know how much Jon abhors anything OT>

Carol

Carol Schwaderer Dickinson

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Mar 3, 2003, 2:16:38 AM3/3/03

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No Doze wrote:
>
> Naomi Darvell wrote:
>
> > x-no-archive: yes
> >
> > No Doze wrote:
> >
> > >
> > >Greenbanks wrote:
> > >
> > >> >Jon - doesn't mind the word
> > >>
> > >> That's 'cause you're a guy and guys like that word.
> > >> What size panties do you wear, Jon?
> > >
> > >I go commado thanks.
> > >
> > >I just don't understand the dislike of the word.
> > >
> >
> > Because it sounds too much like "pant'?
> >
> > Naomi D.
>
> Hey, I didn't coin the word, and all the catologs and stores and
> manufactuers call them that.
>
> But that's ok. Blame me.
>
> Jon
>

You'e right Jon.

Carol
whose desk is next to the table panties
a concept I never knew existed until I worked at Fred Meyer

Carol Schwaderer Dickinson

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Mar 3, 2003, 2:20:03 AM3/3/03

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> Yes! Carol in a thong!
> Send pics!
>
> KS

It wouldn't be pretty!

Carol
aka sharpeibutt

Carol Schwaderer Dickinson

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Mar 3, 2003, 2:27:14 AM3/3/03

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Barbara wrote:
>
> I would definitely try the 6. 9 will be too big.
> Barb

Yes I know the 9 would be too big, cuz 8's are falling off. But I didn't
know how much smaller to go. I can't tell by looking. I look in the
mirror and I look just the same to me as I did 30 pounds ago. I can see
in the shower pictures that I'm smaller than the other women in my
family now, so in comparison I can see, but in my head, I still the same
big person.

As for the thongs, they aren't my style. I mean I wear underwear for a
reason. Also I've never had much butt and now I have none so panty
lines isn't a problem. I know the young girls at work say they are
extremely comfortable. But all us old fuddy duddys like what we're used
to.

Carol

Carol Schwaderer Dickinson

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Mar 3, 2003, 2:29:18 AM3/3/03

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No Doze wrote:
>
> Carol Schwaderer Dickinson wrote:
>
> > Would some kind lady who wears about a 10 or 12 in pants, please advise
> > (privetely if you are shy) what size undies do I buy now that I'm that
> > size? Flummoxed after several attempts
> >
> > Carol
> > still the incredibly shrinking woman
> > and desperately in need of smaller panties.
>
> Oh my god.
>
> There really haas to be a better place to be asking this question. Like
> maybe a place that sells undies?
>
> Jon

Ummm I work at a place that sells undies. But most of the women in my
department wear thongs, and those that don't aren't anywhere near a size
12. Also the thong wearers wear their pants extremely tight and I
couldn't trust their answer. THey wear everything too tight. And thats
not just my opinion. They are frequently told their clothing is not
appropriate for the store.

Carol

Carol Schwaderer Dickinson

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Mar 3, 2003, 2:33:46 AM3/3/03

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kat >^.^< wrote:
>
> "Jeanne Ketterer" <jea...@nc.rr.com> wrote in message
> news:9Mq8a.67099$If5.3...@twister.southeast.rr.com...

> >
> > "Jeanne" <tay...@cox.net> wrote in message

> > news:3E623499...@cox.net...
> > [snip]
> > Buy the best you can afford. Good ones wear like cast iron and don't
> shrink
> > with much better
> > > quality, therefore comfort in the elastic and fabric.
> > >
> > > Jeanne
> > > whose thinking a 5 to 7 range will suit you fine.
> > >
> >
> > One of my credos: ~Always~ spend the money on quality
> undergarments
> > even if you only wear jeans and t-shirts -- add a spritz of perfume, you
> can
> > face anything.
> >
> > way too much information,
> > Jeanne
> >
> >
> Are you a pear or an apple? I get the impression you carry your weight in
> your upper body,

Well I used to be an upside down pear. Then I was an apple. Now I'm all
weight in belly, otherwise skinny. So I think I'll try the 6 based on
the answers or a maternity 5.

Carol

Carol Schwaderer Dickinson

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Mar 3, 2003, 2:34:46 AM3/3/03

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> Power Puff Girls undies???????? I want some of those--where did you get
> them?
>
> Sue in LV

If you're in the right part of the world, Fred Meyer has them. In the
children's department.

Carol

Carol Schwaderer Dickinson

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Mar 3, 2003, 2:37:07 AM3/3/03

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> I can't imagine a hip size of 7 anything - inches, feet, metres.... It
> must be some kind of arbitrary number, like a dress size.
>
> Cheryl

Yeah just like a size 16 isn't 16 anything. Some brands sell by number,
and others sell by s,m...XXXXXXL and some large brands start the small
numbers again like you get to size XL and then the sizes start at 1
again.

Carol
> --

Carol Schwaderer Dickinson

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Mar 3, 2003, 2:38:06 AM3/3/03

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> I'm finding this confusing- for many reasons! Aren't undies in the
> USA sized the same as trousers generally? I know our sizes are
> different, but around these parts a person who wears size 10 jeans
> would also probably wear size 10 undies.
> Fran (amazed)

When I was wearing size 22 trousers I wore a size 8 or 2 depending on
brand.

Carol

Barbara

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Mar 3, 2003, 6:47:48 AM3/3/03

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> Well I used to be an upside down pear. Then I was an apple. Now I'm all
> weight in belly, otherwise skinny. So I think I'll try the 6 based on
> the answers or a maternity 5.
>
> Carol
>

And the big question is----how did you lose the weight?
Barb

Barbara

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Mar 3, 2003, 7:12:05 AM3/3/03

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It 8's are falling off, try the 5's.
Barb

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Greenbanks

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Mar 3, 2003, 8:18:22 AM3/3/03

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>I just don't understand the dislike of the word.
>Jon

It's the diminutive form conferred on so many things that are (or belong to)
female, implying lesser status and a suggestion of sexiness instead of
utilitarian function.

No Doze

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Mar 3, 2003, 8:36:08 AM3/3/03

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Carol Schwaderer Dickinson wrote:

Yeah. That must be it.

It has nothing to do with how bizzare it is for you to ask about the underwear or
how strange it is that people get so weird about that alternate word for
knickers.

Advice? Undies are really cheap when you buy certian brands. Buy a few different
sizes and try them. When you find a pair that fits, buy more.

easy hunh?

No Doze

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Mar 3, 2003, 8:39:01 AM3/3/03

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Carol Schwaderer Dickinson wrote:

What the hell are table panties???

A concept I didn'nt know existed till just now.

Jr@Ease

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Mar 3, 2003, 9:02:01 AM3/3/03

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Jeremy wrote:

> The thing that scares me, the thing that could indeed
>keep me up at night, is how much I suspect you enjoyed that posting that.
>
>Jeremy

I just hope he cut and pasted. If he typed every word, there may be
cause for concern.

John P

Sarah Weinman

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Mar 3, 2003, 9:17:58 AM3/3/03

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On Sun, 02 Mar 2003 23:22:17 -0600, No Doze <nig...@execpc.com> wrote:

>
>Not me. I'm just having fun talking about knickers.
>
>Jon

That word is much funnier anyway.

Sarah

No Doze

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Mar 3, 2003, 10:32:07 AM3/3/03

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"Jr@Ease" wrote:

You are a wise man John P.

Of course I cut and pasted, I'm weird, but not nuts.

Grant Dixon

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Well the word panties does nothing for me, pro or con. This is probably because Doreen
has two type of underwear, the utilitarian briefs and the oh-my-god-are-they-hot type.
Now from the point of view of a man I resent the name applied to our underwear,
"GOTCHIES". It is a disgusting term and its origin is only truly appreciated when ...
never mind. So I will make a pact with all the world I will erase the word panties from
my vocabulary if you are willing to do the same with gotchies.

Grant - who love the diversity of RAM topic drifts

Greenbanks

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Mar 3, 2003, 2:32:07 PM3/3/03

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>"GOTCHIES".

I have never heard it, and will forget it as soon as this thread is over, so I
promise I will erase it from my vocabulary.

M'Lou

Mark Alan Miller

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Mar 3, 2003, 3:15:08 PM3/3/03

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"Carol Schwaderer Dickinson" <dd...@alaska.net> wrote in message

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> whose desk is next to the table panties
> a concept I never knew existed until I worked at Fred Meyer

I'm guessing those are the cheaper panties that get piled up on a table,
instead of the nicer, name-brand stock that is displayed on racks, organized
by style, size, and color. The same often applies in men's departments,
with your basic Hanes, Jockey, etc. on the tables, and the Polo, Calvin
Klein, etc. on vertical racks.

Mark Alan Miller

kat >^.^<

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Mar 3, 2003, 2:24:28 PM3/3/03

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"Carol Schwaderer Dickinson" <dd...@alaska.net> wrote in message

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And the XL sweater we bought from Wal-Mart was way too big for my almost-DIL
and the XL from JCPenney was way too small. Nothing we bought fit her that
Christmas!
kat >^.^<
in Wisconsin

kat >^.^<

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"Carol Schwaderer Dickinson" <dd...@alaska.net> wrote in message

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But they are also sized for teens, and I saw them in sizes up to sz 8.
kat >^.^<

@frontiernet.net Ed Grabau and Pam Jacoby

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Mar 3, 2003, 3:41:38 PM3/3/03

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"Grant Dixon" wrote in message

Ummmm, gotchies? The above post is my firm sighting of this term. Is this
because I don't spend enough time out in the world?

Pam

Fran Read

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Mar 3, 2003, 4:06:50 PM3/3/03

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> > whose desk is next to the table panties
> > a concept I never knew existed until I worked at Fred Meyer
>
> I'm guessing those are the cheaper panties that get piled up on a
table,
> instead of the nicer, name-brand stock that is displayed on racks,
organized
> by style, size, and color. The same often applies in men's
departments,
> with your basic Hanes, Jockey, etc. on the tables, and the Polo,
Calvin
> Klein, etc. on vertical racks.
> Mark Alan Miller

You're just too sensible, Mark! I was picturing a table wearing a
large string bikini.
Fran (who really should learn to curb these thoughts)

Ann Cornellier

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Mar 3, 2003, 4:26:04 PM3/3/03

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> You're just too sensible, Mark! I was picturing a table wearing a
> large string bikini.
> Fran (who really should learn to curb these thoughts)

I saw a table with long-legged bloomers on its legs.

ann in ottawa (showing her age again!)

Greenbanks

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Mar 3, 2003, 4:42:58 PM3/3/03

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Me too -- I was picturing a Victorian piano skirt sort of thing... to cover the
limbs, you know.

M'Lou

MaryM

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Mar 3, 2003, 8:07:23 PM3/3/03

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"Piliki" <phb...@webtv.net> wrote in message
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> <<Jeanne
> "panties" shudder>>
>
> Drawers? Bloomers? Pantaloons?
> Combinations?
>
> Ah!! Got it!!!
>
> Knickers!!
>
> By George, I got it.
>
> Piliki helpful as she can be
>
Knickers! By George, I can live with that!
MaryWM

MaryM

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Mar 3, 2003, 8:15:15 PM3/3/03

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"Greenbanks" <green...@aol.commonsense> wrote in message
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oooh...aviatrix...executrix...turningtrix...
MaryWM
(who hates all that "ette" "trix" junk. Point of interest...the original
women who lobbied for the vote called themselves "suffragists"...
a term which was changed to "suffragettes" by the media.)
we're just so cuuute...do they still sell maternity clothes that look
like a toddler could wear the pattern?
>
>
>

MaryM

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"Grant Dixon" <grant...@cogeco.ca> wrote in message
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I've never heard that...just "tighty-whiteys"
MaryWM

No Doze

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Mar 3, 2003, 8:28:07 PM3/3/03

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> "Greenbanks" <green...@aol.commonsense> wrote in message
>

> > >I just don't understand the dislike of the word.
> > >Jon
> >
> > It's the diminutive form conferred on so many things that are (or belong
> to)
> > female, implying lesser status and a suggestion of sexiness instead of
> > utilitarian function.
> >
> > See also: actress.
> >
> >
> > M'Lou

Well,I guess what really bugs me is that you make me feel like it's my fault
this term is popular.

You tend to act as though all men are out to subjugate women, and that you've
got an exclusive on being treated unfairly.

Jon

Sarah Weinman

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Mar 3, 2003, 8:25:09 PM3/3/03

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On 03 Mar 2003 13:18:22 GMT, green...@aol.commonsense (Greenbanks)
wrote:

>It's the diminutive form conferred on so many things that are (or belong to)
>female, implying lesser status and a suggestion of sexiness instead of
>utilitarian function.
>
>See also: actress.
>
>
>M'Lou
>

See, I LIKE the word actress. I wish it were used more, I mean what's
it going to be "Best Female Actor"? Sure, but it just doesn't have the
same ring to it....

Sarah

No Doze

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Mar 3, 2003, 9:21:53 PM3/3/03

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Naomi Darvell wrote:

> x-no-archive: yes
>
> >
> >

> Can I ask if this is a joke?
>
> You reacted to my (joking) post in a similar way, and I couldn't see why.
>
> Naomi D.

I think it's other things on my mind making me want to try and bait people.I don't
really know why, but I will try to back off and stop being a weinie.

Thelma Lubkin

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Mar 3, 2003, 9:18:00 PM3/3/03

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Greenbanks <green...@aol.commonsense> wrote:
:>I just don't understand the dislike of the word.
:>Jon

: It's the diminutive form conferred on so many things that are (or belong to)
: female, implying lesser status and a suggestion of sexiness instead of
: utilitarian function.

I'm with Jon. It's the diminutive form used to distinguish it
from the massive underpants that come halfway down the thigh,
and I read nothing demeaning into it.

Note on my own prejudices: I had always thought of those
extra-cover underpants as the kind of thing that grannies
wear, but now I'm a granny and I still don't wear them.

--thelma
who's gone from running around in her
panties to hobbling around in them -- but
wait 'til after my hip replacement March 26!

: M'Lou

Jennifer Jordan

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Mar 3, 2003, 9:38:23 PM3/3/03

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>> Now from the point of view of a man I resent the name applied to our
>underwear,
>> "GOTCHIES". It is a disgusting term and its origin is only truly
>appreciated when ...
>> never mind. So I will make a pact with all the world I will erase the
>word panties from
>> my vocabulary if you are willing to do the same with gotchies.
>>
>> Grant - who love the diversity of RAM topic drifts
>>
>
>I've never heard that...just "tighty-whiteys"
>MaryWM
>

I really, really, really HATE the teem "tighty-whiteys" Ick, pooey,
bleah........

Jen-4

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Askew

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Mar 4, 2003, 8:46:27 AM3/4/03

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Can someone explain why _panties_ is a cutesy-poo term and
_undies_ is not?

cheers,
Mary

J&J

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Mar 4, 2003, 8:58:25 AM3/4/03

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hahaha

see ... the word undies makes me cringe, panties not so much

judi

Jr@Ease

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Mar 4, 2003, 9:35:01 AM3/4/03

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Cheryl Perkins wrote:

>I
>generally don't like diminuitives (authoress? paintrix? poetess?
>priestess?), but I still tend to use "actress".

Perhaps I'm not following this thread (well, I think I'm following
the "underpanties" part of it) but why is a term like "actress" or
"executrix" considered diminutive? I thought they simply denoted
gender, not size or stature.

I always wondered why actresses started calling themselves actors. I
thought that sounded strange, but maybe that's merely conditioning - I
grew up being told Julie Andrews was an actress, yet now Meryl Streep
is an actor. To me, use of the male term to denote a female is
contradictory. It's sounds like an admission that actresses aren't
proud of being females, they want to be males too. It isn't a PC thing
- it's simply a function of precise speech.

John P - getting old and still old fashioned

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Piliki

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Mar 4, 2003, 1:55:19 PM3/4/03

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<<I think it's other things on my mind making me want to try and bait
people.I don't really know why, but I will try to back off and stop
being a weinie.
Jon>>

You wouldn't want to be the guest of honor at a RAM weinie roast, now
would you, Jon?

Who eats what on weinies? Anyone here know from "white hots", which are
a Western New York delicacy?

Piliki who shouldn't pick on Jon because he didn't twit her for leaving
her html on. <ingratiating smile toward that GOOD SPORT, Jon Jordan>

Piliki

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Mar 4, 2003, 2:03:07 PM3/4/03

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<<Can someone explain why _panties_ is a cutesy-poo term and _undies_ is
not?
cheers,
Mary>>

I always considered 'undies' everything ladies wear under their dresses;
underpants, girdle, bra, slip... remember slips? For that matter,
remember girdles? I'm sure Carol does, being in the profession, so to
speak.

It's easier to say and spell 'undies" than that lovely French word....
langer...er... that lovely French word that means 'undies'.

Piliki 'took' Spanish....'ropa interior' just doesn't do it.

Piliki

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Mar 4, 2003, 1:49:07 PM3/4/03

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<<MaryWM
(who hates all that "ette" "trix" junk. Point of interest...the original
women who lobbied for the vote called themselves "suffragists"... a term
which was changed to "suffragettes" by the media.) we're just so
cuuute...do they still sell maternity clothes that look like a toddler
could wear the pattern?>>

Or the Tees with an arrow pointing to one's belly and the word "BABY".

Piliki wore lots of navy blue skirts and neat polka-dot (according to
Franklin speller) jackets with Peter Pan collars and was forever dipping
the bottom of the jacket in the dishwater or making it up in the bed....
when I could lean over to -make up- a bed.

Greenbanks

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Mar 4, 2003, 2:17:34 PM3/4/03

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They're both "cute" but which one would little boys wear?

M'Lou

Greenbanks

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Mar 4, 2003, 2:18:58 PM3/4/03

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>oooh...aviatrix...executrix...turningtrix...
>MaryWM
>(who hates all that "ette" "trix" junk.

Exactly -- this morning there was an article in the paper about medical
research hoping to find a "Viagrette."

M'Lou

Greenbanks

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Mar 4, 2003, 2:20:16 PM3/4/03

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>Well,I guess what really bugs me is that you make me feel like it's my fault
>this term is popular.

>Jon

I can't make you feel anything, Jon, that part's totally up to you.

However, you said:
>> > >I just don't understand the dislike of the word.
>> > >Jon

And I tried to explain it to you.
That's all it was.

M'Lou

kat >^.^<

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"Greenbanks" <green...@aol.commonsense> wrote in message

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Well, Underoos (TM), of course!
kat >^.^<
in Wisconsin
>
>

Jr@Ease

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Naomi Darvell wrote:

>
>"Seductress" is another good one. I suppose in many of these there's a sense
>that it's a strange activity for a woman to be doing.
>
>
>Naomi D.

It's a separate listing in the dictionary as "a woman who seduces".

When was the last time you ran into the word "Seductor"? Or would it
be 'Seducer"?

John P

Jr@Ease

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Mar 4, 2003, 3:31:17 PM3/4/03

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Naomi Darvell wrote:

>x-no-archive: yes

>
>John P wrote:
>
>> When was the last time you ran into the word "Seductor"? Or would it
>>be 'Seducer"?
>>
>

>"Seductor" sounds like a great name for a sports car.
>
>There was once a sports car named the "Mantula"-- which, besides sounding like
>"man tool" is also one letter away from "mentula" which means "penis" in Latin.
>
>Just felt like sharing that.
>
>
>Naomi D.

RAM's a great place for tidbits. :)

John P

Piliki

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Mar 4, 2003, 3:21:54 PM3/4/03

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<<"Seductress" is another good one. I suppose in many of these there's a
sense that it's a strange activity for a woman to be doing.
Naomi D.>>

Speak for yourself, Naomi.

Piliki "strange activity"? heh

Fran Read

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Mar 4, 2003, 4:11:39 PM3/4/03

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> M'Lou wrote:
> >Exactly -- this morning there was an article in the paper about
medical
> >research hoping to find a "Viagrette."
>

> I have that on my salad all the time.
> Naomi D.

Which explains a lot really!
Fran (whooosh! gotta run fast!)

Justifi

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Mar 4, 2003, 4:45:42 PM3/4/03

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pantiespantiespantiespantiespantiespantiespantiespantiespantiespantiespant
iespanties

Jon - doesn't mind the word

I knew Jon would be at the bottom of this.

Patty (Pun intended)

Justifi

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Mar 4, 2003, 4:49:05 PM3/4/03

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Should I know what Commados are?

Patty

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No Doze

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Mar 4, 2003, 6:24:09 PM3/4/03

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Greenbanks wrote:

Underpants.

jon

Melissa

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Mar 4, 2003, 6:32:55 PM3/4/03

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"Justifi" <jus...@aol.com> wrote in message
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> Should I know what Commados are?
>
> Patty

Um, nothing.

Melissa

MaryM

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Mar 4, 2003, 8:29:44 PM3/4/03

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"Askew" <jas...@rcn.com> wrote in message news:3E64AE33...@rcn.com...

They both seem cutsey to me...I like the term underwear.
This is, of course, personal preference...but trivial things can
be fun to argue about...do people hang their toilet paper "in"
or "out".
MaryWM
who has no TP preference

MaryM

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Mar 4, 2003, 8:35:21 PM3/4/03

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"Greenbanks" <green...@aol.commonsense> wrote in message

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Viagrette??? Hmmm...women don't need that...usually just a partner
who knows that certain fun recreations should take longer than
2.5 minutes :)
MaryWM
Sounds like something to sprinkle on a salad...

Joanne

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Mar 5, 2003, 3:41:48 AM3/5/03

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Naomi Darvell wrote:
> x-no-archive: yes
>

> Cheryl Perkins wrote inter alia:
>
>
>>Diminished (or diminuitive) status, not stature. A serious artist is a
>>poet, actor, or author. A poetess or authoresses just play around with the
>>arts as a hobby, and an actress is quite possibly more interested in the
>>side-business of prostitution rather than art. That's the prejudice, as I
>>see it, I hasten to add. I don't know how executrix gets lumped in there,
>>unless it's just that the legal profession is slow to change terminology.
>>There doesn't seem to have been an idea that an executrix would be either
>>somewhat immoral or playing around with skills she is not really capable
>>of deploying professionally
>>
>
>
>
> What do you make of "murderess"?
>
> That's such an odd word, I had to check my dictionary to make sure I wasn't
> imaginging it existed.
>
> It's not even formed right. With "waiter" or "actor" you keep the r from the
> suffix of agency. "Murderess" just sounds like a female murder or something.
>
>
> Naomi D.
>

Never heard of a doctoress, or a dentrix, or a lawyeress.

--
Joanne <mailto:stit...@singerlady.reno.nv.us>
http://members.tripod.com/~bernardschopen/

Joanne

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Mar 5, 2003, 3:43:52 AM3/5/03

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And some mentulae are tidbits!!!

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