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Was the Korean scenario supposed to depict an English-speaking future, or just a translation for the audience's convenience? All the writing was in Korean, except for the fast-food menus. That's how Seoul is today.
There will be changes to the English language even without an apocalypse. Since India is expected to have the largest English speaking population in the world by 2020, we may have to get used to uniquely Indian concoctions of words such as "prepone" (pull forward or the opposite of postpone) becoming more ubiquitous
Interesting thoughts; but none of this is very likely. The Economist needs to do a piece about the Future, and let informed readers submit some of their own, "takes." Ordinary People have NO IDEA, what's coming!
Everyone who has travelled knows that Hinglish, Singlich, Spanglish and Chinglish are new and very live languages spoken/used by many millions each. These will tend to solidify even as Business English remains established as the new Lingua Franca (yer actual Frankish as used from Portugal to the (then) Kingdom of Antioch.
Paint is a medium for finishing products and making signs (Wet Paint, for example), yet in the hands of a Leonardo becomes art. Like Latin, English as an Art form can be expected to last for a long while, even if Brits end up with their own Low Dialect.
I had to translate this from Mayan. Thankfully, Google Translate was also Left Behind.
As usual, my processor has to go through 7 steps in synaptic connections before I got it. Thanks for the training. As an ex-Governor used to say, "Simpy marvelous!"
"had", not "has". Decades after teacher hit my palm with a stick every time I missed, I still can't match tenses as a CNS autonomic response. No, no way am I going to allow correctness in form go down the drain. Thus, error retroactively corrected.
double post.
I particularly enjoyed Jennifer Egan's take on how English will evolve (based, I'd say, on SMSing and Tweeting) in the last chapter of A Visit from the Goon Squad.
In the Next Century:
Europe converges to English as a universal language.
Shrinking of French, Italian, and German as colonial languages => replaced with English.
Language of Computers, Technology and Science is English.
Asia converges to Mandarin with Pin Yin writing.
The Americas converge to Spanish.
The Arabs learn English as their ticket to immigration to leave an intolerant region and gain a hopeful future.
Swahili ends up in a museum.
Bad English is now the Universal World Language.
English is a particularly hard language to master.
There are far too many irregular pronunciations, irregular spellings, irregular verbs, and irrational rules.
In a Post Apocalyptic World and in the rubble as the few survivors dust themselves off.
It they were long term thinkers and planning for an easy to learn, easy to understand, universal language
=> then consider a simple logical solution.
The first designer language, a language designed from scratch that learned from all the mistakes of other languages.
A simple, universal and scientifically designed language:
Advantages of Esperanto:
-Written and spoken uniformity.
-No irregular verbs.
-No irregular spellings.
-No verb-subject conjugation.
-Simple suffixes for verb tense.
-No masculine or feminine gender. (What about a gay gender for words?)
-Extensive use of prefixes and suffixes to form new words like building blocks.
-Standardized sounds without strange exceptions .ie use of 'q' needs a 'u'.
-Simple Spelling as it sounds--similar to Spanish.
-Written language is compatible with type writers, keyboards and electronic media. No accents, umlauts etc.
-10 basic rules of sensible grammar
Such as Simple Universal Sentence Structure:
1. Subject- 2. Verb -3. Object
English was MS-DOS.
Now we have Windows and Graphic Interfaces instead of backslash commands.
And touch screen mobile computing.
And voice recognition.
And now conversant computers like Watson.
Would you return to MS-DOS?
Language needs a Metric System Internationale.
Esperanto is the closest thing to Metric.
Or you could stick with the English 'Inch'.
Go Esperanto. Someone is going to write a cult novel made into a film that gets one of the next generations to decide its cool to learn and use Esperanto. The cult will go viral and presto the world will be speaking and using it. Its been a long time gestating but it will eventually take over.
The dialog in the movie, Incubus, with William Shatner, was in Esperanto. I don't think it caused even a tiny shift toward the adoption of Esperanto among the masses.
Firstly, surely A Clockwork Orange should get a mention here.
Secondly, yes other commentators, I have little if any difficulty reading English from two hundred years ago, or indeed three hundred. One has to go back before the Civil War before English starts to become genuinely incomprehensible to the vaguely intelligent modern reader...
I know I'll be crucified by this opinion of mine but I would be dishonest if didn't take this opportunity to express it.
I've always been puzzled by the sort of adoration surrounding Ayn Rand.
I read her when I was in my teens or twenties and despite my agreement with her basic philosophy of "one-should-stand-on-one's-own-two-feet" she impressed me so little I almost clean forgot her.
I decided recently that I may have been wrong, being youthful and all that, old chap! and took the plunge to read her again.
Complete disaster: I went for the most iconic, Atlas Shrugged, and am having a hell of a time trying to finish it. Have to keep reading simultaneously a couple other books so I can bribe myself into not giving it up.
I once read the Bible from 1 to page 1387 (my edition) so I can't really be accused of being reading shy.
The only two other well known writers I've been unable to read were Karl Marx and a Nobel prize winner whose native language I speak.
So there must be some allergy of mine to Ayn Rand: every page I struggle through reminds me of a completely idiotic novel that was a best seller in the "new age" 80's(?): "the Celestine (or whatever) Prophecy".
I could never finish the bloody thing and apologies for my French as one used to say in the fifties.
In my peculiar world, Ayn Rand is as bad as the "Prophecy", dialects or no dialects, a subject I love.
Apologies to Ayn Rand's fans, but I couldn't hold any longer my repulse for her style and low brow story telling (funnily, I repeat, I rather side with most of her points of view).
Her ideas are compelling but her writing wasn't all that hot.
I've always been puzzled by the sort of adoration surrounding Ayn Rand.
Even more puzzling is why anyone would think he'd be "crucified" for finding Ayn Rand repulsive.
Rest assured you have company.
to rachczyk and ashbird on Ayn Rand
And to think I was alone!
Andersen's Ugly Duckling syndrome?
Com'on! I can't be all that pompous and vainglorious!
to ashbird and rachczyk on Ayn Rand (this is the only way to send a double reply)
And to think I was alone!
Andersen's Ugly Duckling syndrome?
Com'on! I can't be all that pompous and vainglorious!
No syndrome except the one by the name "Un-Aynrand". "Aynrand" aka "fifth-rate-mind-trying-for-third-and-crashing-on-9th".
How is that for pompous and vainglorious? Let's keep it up. :)
to ashbird on Un Aynrand
Funnily enough I've just finished reading Fielding's "Tom Jones" (on my Kindle!) first published in 1749. It is highly amusing and perfectly comprehensible to a modern English speaker. My personal take, from working in different countries where English is a first language as well as those where it is not but is still widely used, is that of convergence and improving competence among non-native speakers.
to Forlornhope on "Tom Jones"
God Heavens, man!
You went for one of the very best ever!
Tom Jones is unbeatable. I had fits of laughter during the cemetery scene. And at least good smiles throughout the rest.
And the English is wonderful.
Language always has and always will be used to communicate ideas,
so let's forget those cute, hair-splitting technicalities...
Language always has and always will be used to enable freeloaders feed off suckers - an Art that world Religions, Aristocracies and more recently Financial and Economic Institutions had mastered to perfection.
Mark Gendala
Melbourne, Australia
It's not only the language per se, unfortunately some old uses and traditions will be lost for many new English speakers and for many of the native ones as well. Some examples:
1) Ships (and even airplanes) have always been considered women, ladies. It would be unconceivable, disrespectful and impersonal to refer to the Titanic as "it", the correct thing is to say that SHE sank and that many of her passengers and crewmen saw HER while she was sinking. The aircraft carrier USS Yorktown CV-10, (1943- ) was affectionately known as "The Fighting Lady". http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=37Mjbw0GBog (fellow film buffs: does the score sound familiar? ;-) Alas, more and more people will ignore this, or think that it's sexist, or apply a purely grammatical —and soulless—logic.
2) Same thing for countries, especially the oldest ones, like England/United Kingdom, France, Spain, Germany, Russia, etc, those which have old female personifications. Britannia, Marianne, Hispania, Germania, Russia... are goddesses, matrons or maids and are obviously referred to as she and her. This drawing was designed by Kaiser Wilhelm II himself in 1895,
And this is a Russian poste from 1914, which is why Russia is in the centre... Some people still refer to some countries using the female gender, but the impersonal "it" is gradually winning.
3) Vocabulary. Thousands of old words will disappear to make space for the newer ones or because they are no longer used or understood. Words like hobbledehoy, querulent, asteism, logogogue (very appropriate here!), &c. Also, catachresis, malapropisms and solecisms will be common.
4) Latin, especially plurals. There was a time when one of the ways to ascertain someone's real education and culture was their use of plurals when writing Latin words often used in English. People who wrote curriculums, addendums, vertexes, spectrums, data (referred to a single datum), etc suggested either a lack of education or sheer indifference concerning these matters, but since both ways are considered correct this "filter" is no longer possible. What is unfair is that now those who always respected Latin and wrote plurals correctly are seen by some people as pedants, but I am among those who think that Latin may be a dead language, but there is no need to bury it six feet deep and forget it, so I will keep writing curricula, addenda, vertices and....spectra—including James Bond's.
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I don't agree that the English of today has not been shaped by "any intelligent process." Prior to the invention of the dictionary, language was much more fluid in spelling and meaning than is the case today. Standardization cannot prevent the language from evolving, but it can slow it down. Anyone who writes anything worth reading a few hundred years hence should think that a good thing.
The fall of TV might make a stronger case. IIRC both in the US and Japan the standard evening news did much to eradicate regional dialects, or at least diminish them.
No mention of Firefly with regard to SciFi language? :O
I agree with another commenter's conclusion: English will not change in a significant way in the foreseeable future, though it will no doubt continue to evolve as it always has, as all languages always do. The internet will play a big part in many cosmetic changes, primarily through the borrowing of words that reflects concepts having to do with cultures, but the structure of the language will remain the same. Another commenter mentioned syntax. That is an area to watch for, I agree. When syntax changes, structure begins to change. I think the watch will be worthwhile.
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Sorry, teacup775. Please strike previous reply. Feeble attempt at humor resulted in gibberish lendint itself to misinterpretation.
No worries.. to mangle a proported Churchill quote
"This is the sort of English up with which I will put."
How, exactly, are evolving and changing different?
Great question! Makes me think harder!
I think evolving is a process of modulation less conscious than change. One frequently doesn't notice things are evolving even as one is in the midst of the process. I looked at the languages I wrote (Chinese and English) today and compared them with 10 years ago. They both have evolved - grown - if you will. But at the same time I notice they haven't changed.
"Change" in this sense would be I suddenly forgot all the grammar rules I learned and wrote as if I had never known them. Or I suddenly, fed up with the rules, consciously decide to forsake them.
I suppose another way of saying it is the difference between "evolve" and "change" is qualitative. "Evolve" is like a marriage going through growth, with each spouse adapting and adjusting to each other's positive characteristics. "Change" is where such adaptation and adjustment prove to be impossible, and one or both in the union say, "To hell with it; let's call it quits". The second scenario happens when neither side sees anything postive in the other so that any effort at adaptation and adjustment would be for naught.
That's the difference to me. Anyway, will you kindly share with me how you see it? I enjoy listening to different ideas.
Some of the best and most classical Spanish is found in isolated villages. It is modern, lower-class barrios in large cities that have some of the poorest/strangest/most inventive word-inventions and pronunciations.
That the "best" Spanish is found in isolated villages with isolated speakers is merely your individual judgement. I'd bet that some of the village dwellers would prefer to speak like the lawyers in the city.
Spaniards, like italians and french, only speak a very poor and degraded version of Latin. Isolation, poverty and illiteracy is the cause of that.
Some people still see languages, and the living people who speak them, as a piece in a museum, an artful tombstone in a graveyard. But it is not. Language is a tool that humans adapt to their necessities, so if you really love language -and not nationalist idealisms- you have to embrace change. That's the beauty of language: it's malleability.
By the way, I'd pay to live the time when English will be spoken with the rich Chinese tonalities.
Well, clearly, I disagree.
As for English with tones... yikes. I hope it dosen't go there. I can see English dropping a lot of verb inflections though.
As far as language and nationalism: usually language nationalism in latin america, at least in Chile/Argentina, involves embracing of localising trends, such as Lunfardo, not prohibiting them.
Well, there was no apocalypse today, so let's imagine what English would be like in a non-apocalyptic future.
English underwent no ground-shattering change since Shakespeare. What an Elizabethan English-speaker wrote in the 16th century is eminently readable today by anyone with a reasonable degree of education. And if what linguists say about contemporary English pronunciation holds true as well, verbal communication shouldn't be difficult either.
And also remember that for most of the last 500 years, there was no uniform public education system anywhere, drilling into young minds a certain form of English as being the 'standard' one. Today, we have that system, and I don't see it ending its role anytime soon. Scope for major linguistic transformation is thus reduced even more.
The Internet? A worldwide meeting of cultures? Their impact as an agent of change is grossly exaggerated. The Internet will in fact aggregate all varieties of English and impose a global standard, which will act as a unifying factor and not in any way leading to splinter-ization or creolization. And a multicultural society will lead to pidgins being created in our streets? Empirical evidence suggests that immigrant proficiency in their native tongues (incl. Spanish) sharply drop after the second generation. English may borrow a couple of words from foreign languages, as it has done for centuries, but the overall structure is not going to change. That's just not how the linguistic power-structure works.
Overall, the boring conclusion is that English will not change in any significant way within the next couple of centuries.
We can read Shakespeare but could he read us? A fairer test of linguistic change is forward intelligibility, and I am skeptical of anyone from four centuries ago understanding half of what they would read or hear in today's English. The materials basis of culture alone has changed radically, and the new concepts and words - or re-purposed words - would make modern language sound like a familiar gibberish.
And let's not delude ourselves int thinking pronunciations haven't changed tremendously over the past four centuries. They've changed significantly in my 66 years, and are changing faster than they were when I was young.
Not really fair to test Shakespeare on his ability to understand us, is it? He simply would have no concept of what an automobile, laptop, telephone or hip-hop is. Just as we are clueless about human life in the future.
Shakespeare could understand us. He would encounter a lot of nouns for things that didn't exist in his time. The ones derived from Latin, Greek, or from other English words would not be transparent, but would at least be vaguely intelligible. Think "elevator" or "automobile" or "antibiotic" or even "laptop".
Much more problematic would be the words that English (especially American English) has borrowed from languages of East Asia or Africa. And at least as bad would be the acronyms which have crept in -- "radar" or "laser" for example.
But he would only encounter one of those in the occasional sentence. An impediment to easy understanding, sure, but hardly a show-stopper. He'd want a dictionary handy (and probably an atlas), but he could read most novels and general magazines.
So much for the putative lack of change in the large comprehensibility of English, 1600 vs 2012.
So much for the putative lack of change in the large comprehensibility of English, 1600 vs 2012.
"Well, there was no apocalypse today, so let's imagine what English would be like in a non-apocalyptic future..."
I find it strange that many people comment on the frustrating shortcomings of major languages, and that some are even emboldened to suggest solutions, yet one scarcely ever see a comment on our abysmal lack of progress in creating so much as a global phonetic scheme. In fact, the confusion of pronunciation is growing steadily as more and more languages are either using unrecognizable and unreproducible characters (take the new Amerindian "alphabets" - please!), or worse, using recognizable or at least confusable characters to represent entirely unusual sounds.
Esperanto, esperanto... Can esperanto express the nuances of Chinese? Does anyone really expect more than a billion people to abandon their poetry and songs in order to make themselves more understandably homogeneous to the rest of the world?
If the world community were able to agree on a logical choice for a world language, it would surely be able to agree first on a comprehensive phonetic scheme.
English is among the worst offenders in this respect, BTW. German and Spanish make serious attempts to transliterate foreign names so that they're recognizable, whereas English stolidly insist on keeping the original spelling of Roman alphabets, such as the Polish, Serbo-Croat, or Czech, as though they represented the same sounds in English.
I'm trying to figure out what in the novel is supposed to sound futuristic. It looks like a half-hearted attempt to spell words as they are commonly pronounced in speech (e.g., an'). I guess there might be a few dialect words, but if a character spoke these lines as written I doubt you would think you were hearing some alien form of English. Look at a book like Linda Shockey's Sound Patterns of Spoken English and you'll see how radically casual spoken English departs from formal citation forms.
I saw the movie, and for the most part this language was a comical attempt to make neo-indigenous people sound like hillbillies. Most of the innovations were superfluous, such as replacing "juicy" with "joocesome" above. I guess it's difficult to make a fictional dialect that's both different and understandable by the audience.
I did enjoy the film, but not linguistically.
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Thursday, April 12, 2012
Un Cadeau Pour Vous
For some time now, Jennifer Beaudet and I have been virtual friends. She is an artist whose femininity infuses her charming work.
I am particularly drawn to her "vintage" women in the process of dressing, in their private bubbles of what appears to be preparations for an adventure of some sort. Somehow they seem to waver between hope and disappointment -- melancholy and anticipation. I'm not an art critic, but those were the sentiments her paintings evoked in me and I find it fascinating when a work of art triggers an emotion.
In a recent conversation with Jennifer I asked her if she would allow me to offer one of her paintings as a special giveaway to you. To my delight, she said yes. In fact, she suggested a choice of cadeaux for the winner: either three of her prints or one of her small paintings. The winner may choose. Pictured here are her original paintings.
Tell me please if you would like to participate and then pop over to visit Jennifer and tell her as well -- that will double your chances. While you're there you could perhaps follow her and take a peek at her etsy shop. When you see the collection of her work and her artistic range, I think you too will be seduced.
48 comments:
- Fashion art and other fancies said...
If a work of art fails to trigger an emotion - then it is not art.
- April 12, 2012 at 1:26 PM
- Pam @ over50feeling40 said...
I love this giveaway and I would love to win! It's funny but I posted about art as well today (a particular artist who evoked emotions in me)...her paintings as displayed here are beautiful. I will visit her site.
- April 12, 2012 at 1:40 PM
- Ellanne said...
What lovely paintings! I would love to have one grace a special room in my house!
- April 12, 2012 at 1:44 PM
- Deb said...
What beautiful work! I would love to be part of this giveaway!
- April 12, 2012 at 1:53 PM
Lovely! We've just bought a new house, and these would look beautiful gracing the walls.
- April 12, 2012 at 2:12 PM
- Corrine said...
First, thank you for sharing the talent of this lovely woman. I am always amazed. Her impressionistic style is absolutely charming. I also am thrilled when I find little (small) paintings, for me it is like looking into a little world where beauty, color and light reside safe and tucked away to be enjoyed.
- April 12, 2012 at 2:18 PM
- sanda said...
Glad you have introduced us to this artist's lovely work. I adore flowers and would LOVE to have one of these.
- April 12, 2012 at 2:58 PM
- Kristien62 said...
So very lovely. If I owned these paintings, I could have a little bit of spring all year.
- April 12, 2012 at 3:49 PM
These paintings are as lovely as the spring. I would so love to hang one on my walls.
- April 12, 2012 at 3:51 PM
I would love to win one of these beautiful paintings!
Lynn in NC - April 12, 2012 at 3:58 PM
Those are lovely, I have to say.
xoxoxo --
Marsi - April 12, 2012 at 4:21 PM
- Lorrie said...
I love these works you've shown to us - full of charm and insouciance.
- April 12, 2012 at 4:33 PM
- Vivienne said...
Me, me, me!!!
waving arms frantically from Chicago,
with a big hug,
Vivienne - April 12, 2012 at 4:34 PM
- Splenderosa said...
Tish, this is lovely of you to expose her work to your world of blogging friends. I looked through her Etsy site and am so impressed with her creativity, as well as her prices.
Fabulous giveaway !! - April 12, 2012 at 5:02 PM
- hostess of the humble bungalow said...
oh yes please I'd love to have one of her paintings.
Her florals are gorgeous! - April 12, 2012 at 5:02 PM
Oh yes please. I love flowers and the paintings are so beautiful.
- April 12, 2012 at 5:41 PM
I love her work and I love your site!
- April 12, 2012 at 5:49 PM
- Kathy said...
I love her work! Thank you for introducing her art to me. Please enter me in the contest - I have already picked out the one I want!
- April 12, 2012 at 6:11 PM
- L said...
Love flowers and love her artwork
- April 12, 2012 at 6:57 PM
- Russian Chic said...
I would love to win one of these paintings!
- April 12, 2012 at 7:13 PM
- Cindy at enclos*ure said...
I would love to win one of the paintings. The colors are beautiful.
- April 12, 2012 at 7:17 PM
- California Girl said...
I would like to participate. Big fan of elegant flower paintings. These are lovely and "feminine" as you say.
- April 13, 2012 at 1:23 AM
Please count me in! Her work is lovely.
- April 13, 2012 at 1:45 AM
- Some Wear said...
I very much like the first one.
- April 13, 2012 at 5:00 AM
- pink piano said...
Nothing quite as relaxing as paints, paintbrushes and a new canvas, with a cup of coffee and lovely music playing.
- April 13, 2012 at 8:01 AM
- andiamo! said...
Her paintings are lovely, please count me in!
- April 13, 2012 at 10:01 AM
- Delana@dujour said...
Oh I so wish I could paint! I poked around her site and her shop and I've got just the spot for the one I've chosen. I live in the south of France where we have lots of sunshine, but sadly, not in my city apartment. I would love to brighten it up with one of her paintings.
- April 13, 2012 at 12:06 PM
- Northmoon said...
These paintings are lovely, I`d be happy to hang one at my house.
- April 13, 2012 at 1:58 PM
- Judy said...
I need something pretty to brighten my boudoir...I am over here in Canada waving my arms, saying please pick me :)
Thank you for the opportunity!
Judy - April 13, 2012 at 4:02 PM
- sisty said...
So charming and sunny! Please count me in -- thank you!
- April 13, 2012 at 4:52 PM
Such lively colors - they would cheer up my DC apartment nicely. Count me in!
- April 13, 2012 at 6:23 PM
Oh! My! What beautiful paintings. I would love to participate in your generous offering. Thank You! Barbara S. from Cumming, GA USA
- April 13, 2012 at 6:49 PM
Being a Libran and loving all things soft and pretty! and these works of art are just that, I would love to be the recipient of this truly beautiful cadeau. It would bring me such joy.
Susan from Sydney, Australia. - April 13, 2012 at 7:48 PM
- Susan said...
These are lovely - thank you for introducing Jennifer.
- April 14, 2012 at 1:09 PM
These are beautiful! Thank you for bringing her work to us! I definitely would love one of these paintings for my home!
- April 14, 2012 at 1:29 PM
- Carrie said...
You're right her work is awesome. Would love to have a chance to win! Thanks for the giveaway!
- April 15, 2012 at 12:28 AM
- Trish said...
Her work is so beautiful! I'd love to have it in my home!
- April 15, 2012 at 6:52 PM
- PamelaHD said...
It would be difficult to decide which of her beautiful pieces would be my choice - they are all exquisite
- April 15, 2012 at 6:58 PM
- Kim P. said...
Thank you for the idea of a giveaway, I've been to Jennifers etsy shop and fb page and tweeted about her, so yes I'd love to be given the opportunity to win one of her paintings, they are just beautiful! I'm a new follower to both of you also.
- April 15, 2012 at 8:42 PM
Such beautiful paintings! If you're still taking on names, I'd love to participate in the giveaway. You're both so kind to offer this gorgeous art!
- April 16, 2012 at 3:44 AM
- Julie@beingRUBY said...
Hi Dear Tish
Sorry long time no visit.. i've been very slack these last few months..
Lovely to see this giveaway of Jennifer's work.. You are right.. she embodies femininity in both her character and her work.. I too love the vintage ladies...
Have a lovely week and thanks for hosting this giveaway.. PS i am having one also for my forgotten blog birthday..
ciao ciao xxx Julie - April 16, 2012 at 5:23 AM
- Susan said...
What beautiful paintings....I would love to win!!!
- April 16, 2012 at 1:10 PM
- Russian Chic said...
These are very happy and uplifting paintings! I would love to win one of them.
- April 16, 2012 at 5:45 PM
Please count me in! What a lovely treat, and a generous one!
- April 17, 2012 at 4:50 AM
Yes, I have had my eye on Jennifer Beaudet's art for awhile. I first started seeing her sharing on Cindy Santiago's My Romantic Home blog. I think Jennifer is a modern-day Matisse and I told her so, having recently made a small purchase. Her paintings just make me happy; they are so full of vitality and color and I, too, love her vintage ladies. Her Etsy shop has something for everyone and her prices are very fair for the beauty of the work. And, now, I've found your blog, thru her!
- April 17, 2012 at 11:15 PM
It goes without saying in my above comment that, yes, I would most definitely like to participate in the Jennifer Beaudet Studios giveaway; count me in; I'd be thrilled to win any piece of her art, as I love ALL of it!
- April 17, 2012 at 11:25 PM
- Pamela said...
Lovely all.
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The Phils took the lead in the fourth as Darin Ruf hits a lead-off home run, his second home run of the season, giving the Phils a 1-0 lead. The Nats tied it up at one-all in their half of the fourth as, with a man on third, and with two men out, Roger Bernadina hits an RBI single, knocking in Adam LaRoche, who had started the inning off with a double, then moved up to third base on Chad Tracy's ground out, 3-1. The Nats took the lead in the sixth as LaRoche hits a lead-off home run, his thirty-third home run of the season, giving the Nats a 2-1 lead. The Nats tried to add to their lead five batters later as, with the bases loaded, via a walk to Tracy, a single by Mark DeRosa, moving Tracy up to second base, and Sandy Leon being hit by a pitch, moving up a base both runners, and with one man out, Eury Perez hits into a force out, 6-2, as shortstop Michael Martinez threw home, forcing out at home Tracy, as catcher Erik Kratz touches home plate for the inning's second out, as Perez safely reaches first base, while both DeRosa and Leon move up a base, leaving the bases loaded. The Nats then took a 3-1 lead as Steve Lombardozzi hits an RBI single, scoing DeRosa, while both Leon and Perez moved up to third and second base respectively, as the bases remained loaded. The Phils would get a run back in the eighth as Ruf hits a lead-off home run, his third home run of the year, and his second home run of the game, making it a 3-2 Nats' lead. The Nats tried to get the run back in their half of the eighth as, with the bases once again loaded, this time via a lead-off double by DeRosa, Bernadina being hit by a pitch, and a walk to Leon, moving both runners up a base, and with nobody out, Perez hits into a force out, 6-2, as Martinez threw home to Kratz, who touches the plate, forcing out DeRosa for the inning's first out, while Perez would be safe at first, as Bernadina and Leon both moved up a base, as the bases stayed loaded. The Nats then took a 4-2 lead as Lombardozzi hits a sacrifice fly, scoring Bernadina. That would end up being the final score as Drew Storen collected his fourth save of the season as he pitched a 1-2-3 ninth.
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Whereas fans and players typically spend the offseason looking forward to Opening Day, Tigers manager Jim Leyland spends the winter months eagerly anticipating his team's second game of the year.
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"I will say this: I'm always glad when Opening Day is over, because you never really get into sync until after Opening Day," Leyland said. "There's so much hype going on, and there's so much stuff going on. Once you get past that, you get more into your routine on a consistent basis."
This year the routine will start with Anibal Sanchez taking the mound to square off against Twins newcomer Kevin Correia.
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"I think from the first day of Spring Training, our focus has been about moving forward, not looking backward," said veteran first baseman Justin Morneau. "No matter how much success we've had or struggles in the last couple of seasons, it doesn't matter once we get out there. It's something fresh."
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Morneau would love to return to the 30-homer, 100-RBI form that earned him AL MVP honors in 2006 and four consecutive All-Star appearances from 2007 to 2010.
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In 2012, his first mostly healthy season in three years, Morneau hit .267 with 19 homers and 77 RBIs in 134 games. He had played just 150 games in the previous two seasons combined.
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Worth noting
• Correia has pitched well against Prince Fielder, limiting the Tigers slugger to a .200 lifetime average. The lefty hasn't had as much success against the other top Tigers slugger, as Cabrera is hitting .474 with two doubles and a homer against him.
• The Tigers are 25-12 against the Twins since the start of the 2011 season, including 15-4 in Minnesota.
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Color | Black Brown Multi White Yellow |
Style | Contemporary Modern |
Material | Polyester |
Type | Faux Fur Luxury Plush |
Pattern | Animal |
Set Include | 1 Piece |
Gallery Room | Mornings By The Sea |
Tags | Comfy Cozy Durable Luxury Plush Quality Soft Warm Winter |
Dimensions | 58 in W x 60 in L |
Materials | Faux fur 100% Acrylic/Back 100% Poly |
Model Number | SAFARI-MINK-60 |
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luxurious Soft rich luxurious beautiful deep chocolate throw. Gave as gift to son's girlfriend and they broke up months later. Wish I'd kept it!!
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Cozy I love this throw because it feels so cozy!
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Fur Throw Great item, nice price. Looks good on the back of the couch. Wouldn't recommend washing it. or maybe putting it in dryer. If you do I would not leave it in long or get too hot. Other than that, sweet.
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Mink Faux Fur Throw Warm & beautiful for those cool winters!
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Pretty throw I have this on the end of my guest bed. Looks really nice and it's great to have on cold evenings.
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Machine washable These throws say dry clean only, but I have laundered mine in the washer and dryer with no problems. I have front loaders and use delicate cycle for the washer and low heat or air dry.
Read Morebranwyn1 Oct 21, 2009 - Helpful 23
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Splendid product at a bargain price I ordered the mink faux fur throw in brown. II arrived on time. The real excitement was the surprisingly luxurious fur throw that exceeded all expectations. I have been shopping every online store and upscale catalogues for more than 3 months, and here it was, on sale at O.com for a $100 less than anyone had advertised else where. Color was great match to the real thing, the texture was plush and the fur felt real. This is not a light weight throw, but it is comfortable, usable, and also displays beautifully. I immediately ordered another one for a friend, who was delighted with the throw. This was a great buy!
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Beautiful feel and look!! This fabulous throw was the first thing that I have ordered from Overstock.com. Everything went smoothly and I couldn't be happier. I was hesitant to order something without actually seeing it's quality. I read many of the reviews and felt somewhat sure I would be pleased. (Very few neagative remarks). The feel and look is luxurious and I was pleasantly surprised that the lining was also very soft but "heavy"....nothing flimsy. None of the reviews had mentioned the lining. It's spring here in OK now but I can't wait to use the throw this winter!
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nice product the throw is beautiful and nice quality; however, the white color is a little one dimensional. i sent it back and ordered the brown which seems to have a nice play of light and dark for a more realistic look. the "fur" though faux looks and even kinda of feels like mink. as as aside, i had never had to return/exchange anything at o.co before. it couldn't have been easier and peggy s in customer service couldn't have been more helpful. this company rates #1 in customer service as far as i'm concerned.
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High quality item! I just received this item today - two of them in the brown mink - large size. I wanted to give my Mother something luxurious this Christmas just because I love her. I'm a single man and I spent about an hour reading through all the great reviews about this faux fur throw. Then, I thought to myself "D*** if it's really as great as all these reviews say it is, then I better get one for myself." Don't heed any negative reviews about this item. IT IS BEAUTIFUL! Im really not into the whole decor thing, but having just moved into a new apartment with new dark brown leather furniture, I thought this throw would add a touch of sophistication to the chaise lounge - IT LOOKS GREAT! This item is all the other reviewers say it is, and I know that my Mother is going to go gaga on Christmas over this. IT LOOKS AND FEELS BETTER THAN THE REAL THING! Don't even hesitate - don't even worry about whether or not it will have that authentic look - IT MOST CERTAINLY DOES! Great, great find - very, very pleased. MERRY CHRISTMAS!
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Questions & Answers
granddaughter for her birthday
Reasonable price
I have a fur throw and have been looking for several months for one to give as a gift. Between the description and the reviews, this seems to be what I want.
Is this a warm, heavy blanket?? Thank you
Hi catrine, this is a warm blanket, but it is not necessarily heavy. I hope this helps, thanks for shopping with us.
No actually a very good product for the price
So far, I am not too thrilled with it either. It sheds. Maybe they got in a new batch that was different but I agree with the others.
I have the same question as romeo41. I have been checking every day for the cheetah throw to come in for over a month now and has not been restocked yet. Ridiculous!
Thank you for your question lovepurses78. The Mink Faux Fur Throw has been one of our best selling items and I'm sorry that the Cheetah has been so elusive to find, out of this group of throws, that one seems to be a favorite. Please continue to be patient with us. In the mean time, I will check and see if I can get a more specific time/date that we may get them back in stock and I will get back with you. Have a great day.
Dear lovepurses78, I found out that we are not selling the Faux Fur Throw in the Cheetah pattern anymore. I am very sorry. Please check out the Premiere Comfort Printed Softspun Reverse to Berber Throw, item 15647086, again, I am very sorry, please let us know if there is anything else we can do for you. Have a great day.
Are you always out of the Lynz and Cheetah throws or is there another way to order them since they never show in Options?
Thank you for your question. Items are restocked as they become available, however we cannot guarantee an item will be restocked. Have a nice day!
What is the country of origin for this blanket?
This item is made in China.
I have been looking at brown faux mink throws and most of them have the microfiber border on the mink side and it usually is a lighter brown shade than the mink - does your throw have the microfiber border on the front? Can you show the color of the microfiber back for the brown faux mink?
The boarder would match the rest, and the back would be slightly lighter due to the microfiber plush.
The boarder does not, unfortunately match the mink side. I just received my order and the mink side has a border, in which, the border is a very light brown faux suede sewed to the border of the mink. It is not attractive and makes the item look very cheap. I went off of this question answered by overstock.com and overstock.com did not do their homework and unfortunately, answered this question wrong for other customers looking for a faux throw that does not have a border, or has one that is identical to the faux mink side.
Is there faux fur on both sides of this blanket?
No, on one side it has microfiber plush backing.
what company manufactures this throw
I'm so sorry to say we don't have manufacturer information for this particular item made available to us.
how much does this throw weigh?
It weighs about 8lbs.
This blanket is only 3 pounds. I received and returned the item and both ways the package was 3 pounds. Much lighter than 8 pounds.
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Designer beds, with their perfectly matched colors and beautifully arranged throw pillows, display a look that always makes a bedroom stylish. Unfortunately, casual pillow arrangements on beds often look like the aftermath of a pillow fight, with pillows tumbling to and fro. Bring order and style to your bed by arranging decorative throw pillows in a pleasing design, and your bed will rival those found in decorating magazines.
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Since we spend a large portion of our lives sleeping, keeping our mattresses clean is more than just a vain concern. Stains can come from pets, kids and a myriad of other accidents. Although you can't just throw your mattress in the washing machine, there are ways to get rid of stains and odors. Cleaning a mattress has never been easier. Keep reading below for tips on how to clean mattresses.
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Your bed just isn't complete with sheets alone. You'll need blankets to make it truly cozy, but which ones are going to help you get the best night's sleep? And which ones will suit your climate and fit into your budget? This buying guide has the information you need to choose the blankets and throws that you'll love.
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The Mets need an offensive spark these days, and they know first baseman Ike Davis could be the one to provide it. Davis is caught in an early-season funk for the second straight year, but he is slated to return to the starting lineup on Friday night as he looks to build on Thursday's key hit off the bench.
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• Rodriguez has a 3.32 ERA in three career starts at Citi Field and a 2.88 ERA in nine career starts against the Mets.
• Marcum started six times against the Pirates in the past two seasons with the Brewers and posted a 2.65 ERA.
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