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From: Polly Ann on 15 Sep 2009 13:21 Not to be "nit picky" but when I "knit pick" I am picking up new stitches along the edge of already knitted fabric to continue knitting in a new direction, using a knitting needle or a crochet hook to create new loops by drawing the yarn through existing loops (not removing bad stitches). And actually I have to be very "nit picky" while I am "knit picking" so that they are evenly spaced, making this a rather meticulous task as well... Thought you'd find that humorous Here's to the funny English Language As far as other languages go, Russian is mainly phonetic so there are few words that sound exactly the same but mean different things - problems do arise in speaking because many words can be misconstrued when the ending sound isn't clearly voiced. Example: loog (meadow) and look (onion) or the subtleties of the soft sign... As a non-native speaker I confuse similar sounding words all the time. Posted as a reply to: Re: HTREEITEM Not to pick nits, but that is "nit picky", not "knit picky". A knit picker is someone who removes bad stiches from a sweater during construction. A nit picker is a very fine comb which was used to come the hair of children and adults to remove the egg cases of lice, or, as they were known, "nits". Because it was necessary to remove *all* the tiny egg cases to prevent a re-infestation, one had to be very meticulous. I have, somewhere in my collection, such a comb created from a shell (a modern re-creation), which I bought at a "Mountain Craft Days" festival about 20 years ago. It was too good to pass up. I would occasionally take it to meetings. joe On Sun, 9 Mar 2008 21:38:10 -0400, "Frank Hickman" <fhickman3_NOSP(a)M_noblesoft.net> wrote: Joseph M. Newcomer [MVP] email: newcomer(a)flounder.com Web: http://www.flounder.com MVP Tips: http://www.flounder.com/mvp_tips.htm EggHeadCafe - Software Developer Portal of Choice WCF Workflow Services Using External Data Exchange http://www.eggheadcafe.com/tutorials/aspnet/3d49fa0d-a120-4977-842a-6dafb17b6d74/wcf-workflow-services-usi.aspx
From: AliR on 16 Sep 2009 10:28 Isn't "nit picky" actually nitpicky? or even nitpicking? AliR. <Polly Ann Najarian> wrote in message news:200991513217najarian(a)hotmail.com... > Not to be "nit picky" but when I "knit pick" I am picking up new stitches > along the edge of already knitted fabric to continue knitting in a new > direction, using a knitting needle or a crochet hook to create new loops > by drawing the yarn through existing loops (not removing bad stitches). > And actually I have to be very "nit picky" while I am "knit picking" so > that they are evenly spaced, making this a rather meticulous task as > well... > > Thought you'd find that humorous > Here's to the funny English Language > > As far as other languages go, Russian is mainly phonetic so there are few > words that sound exactly the same but mean different things - problems do > arise in speaking because many words can be misconstrued when the ending > sound isn't clearly voiced. Example: loog (meadow) and look (onion) or > the subtleties of the soft sign... As a non-native speaker I confuse > similar sounding words all the time. > > > > Posted as a reply to: > > Re: HTREEITEM > > Not to pick nits, but that is "nit picky", not "knit picky". A knit > picker is someone who > removes bad stiches from a sweater during construction. A nit picker is a > very fine comb > which was used to come the hair of children and adults to remove the egg > cases of lice, > or, as they were known, "nits". Because it was necessary to remove *all* > the tiny egg > cases to prevent a re-infestation, one had to be very meticulous. > > I have, somewhere in my collection, such a comb created from a shell (a > modern > re-creation), which I bought at a "Mountain Craft Days" festival about 20 > years ago. It > was too good to pass up. I would occasionally take it to meetings. > joe > On Sun, 9 Mar 2008 21:38:10 -0400, "Frank Hickman" > <fhickman3_NOSP(a)M_noblesoft.net> wrote: > > Joseph M. Newcomer [MVP] > email: newcomer(a)flounder.com > Web: http://www.flounder.com > MVP Tips: http://www.flounder.com/mvp_tips.htm > > EggHeadCafe - Software Developer Portal of Choice > WCF Workflow Services Using External Data Exchange > http://www.eggheadcafe.com/tutorials/aspnet/3d49fa0d-a120-4977-842a-6dafb17b6d74/wcf-workflow-services-usi.aspx
From: Tom Serface on 16 Sep 2009 12:54 Now who is nitpicking :o) Tom "AliR" <AliR(a)online.nospam> wrote in message news:OEpT%23otNKHA.3412(a)TK2MSFTNGP06.phx.gbl... > Isn't "nit picky" actually nitpicky? or even nitpicking? > > AliR. > > <Polly Ann Najarian> wrote in message > news:200991513217najarian(a)hotmail.com... >> Not to be "nit picky" but when I "knit pick" I am picking up new stitches >> along the edge of already knitted fabric to continue knitting in a new >> direction, using a knitting needle or a crochet hook to create new loops >> by drawing the yarn through existing loops (not removing bad stitches). >> And actually I have to be very "nit picky" while I am "knit picking" so >> that they are evenly spaced, making this a rather meticulous task as >> well... >>
From: BobF on 17 Sep 2009 09:18 Polly Ann Najarian wrote: > Not to be "nit picky" but when I "knit pick" I am picking up new stitches along the edge of already knitted fabric to continue knitting in a new direction, using a knitting needle or a crochet hook to create new loops by drawing the yarn through existing loops (not removing bad stitches). And actually I have to be very "nit picky" while I am "knit picking" so that they are evenly spaced, making this a rather meticulous task as well... > > Thought you'd find that humorous > Here's to the funny English Language > I always say "picking fly dung out of pepper" to avoid this type of confusion ;-)
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