tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5393819564278571223.post2263801016804671963..comments2023-10-31T08:46:53.714-07:00Comments on One More Stitch: 18th and 19th Century StockingsOne More Stitchhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09785559985798967214noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5393819564278571223.post-47451317142720215952008-03-10T19:43:00.000-07:002008-03-10T19:43:00.000-07:00And I a lovely Shakespearian connection let alone ...And I a lovely Shakespearian connection let alone a reminder of the delightful Cheri Lunghi whose performances I greatly admire.<BR/><BR/>Thank you!One More Stitchhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09785559985798967214noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5393819564278571223.post-7106619293305325062008-03-09T18:01:00.000-07:002008-03-09T18:01:00.000-07:00I started catching up on your blog this evening, a...I started catching up on your blog this evening, and it quickly proved a source of interesting etymological connections! I saw the word "marl", and immediately Cheri Lunghi's wonderfully spirited turn as Beatrice in the BBC "Much Ado About Nothing" came to mind:<BR/><BR/>LEONATO<BR/><BR/> Well, niece, I hope to see you one day fitted with a husband.<BR/><BR/>BEATRICE<BR/><BR/> Not till God make men of some other metal than<BR/> earth. Would it not grieve a woman to be<BR/> overmastered with a pierce of valiant dust? to make<BR/> an account of her life to a clod of wayward marl?<BR/> No, uncle, I'll none: Adam's sons are my brethren;<BR/> and, truly, I hold it a sin to match in my kindred.<BR/><BR/>Naturally I then had to go and find out what marled stockings were. Just now I looked up "marl" and found out that the reality of it does not conform to the vague image in my head.<BR/><BR/><A HREF="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marl" REL="nofollow">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marl</A><BR/><BR/>What a lovely, textured new word I have!Hugh Yemanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13668946016239602558noreply@blogger.com