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Textile Forum Contest II - seersucker
Question: Textile Forum Contest II - for everyone! This week we're having another contest! This contest will have 3 parts, all three having to do with a single textile-related word or phrase: One, a definition of that textile-related word or phrase. The first person to post a correct and complete definition of the term in this contest thread gets a prize: 10 here Points. (Quality counts!) Two, a photo or drawing or other image that clearly illustrates the textile-related word or phrase. (Special rules for this part: Any image that is uploaded here at here must be your own property - e.g. taken with your camera or scanner or drawn by you. Other images located on the web should be linked to their source, not uploaded here.) The first person to post (a) the clearest illustrative photo(s) or other image(s) of the term in this contest thread gets a prize: 10 here Points. (Quality counts!) Three, use the letters in the term to form a new word. The word must be 5 letters or longer. Your word must be posted in this thread. The created words cannot be proper nouns. The participant who posts a given word first will receive 10 here Points. Each participant is only eligible to post one word. (In the case of a near-tie and your post is a duplicate of a previously posted word, you may make another try) There will be multiple winners of here points in this portion of the contest. For example ONLY, if the word were 'polyester', then you could define the word (part 1 of the contest) and/or post a word {like steel, peers, store} from the letters (part 3). In this contest you could also post a photo or drawing that clearly shows polyester fibers (part 2) - for something like polyester the picture might need to be at a nearly microscopic level (or maybe a drawing of the molecular structure, if that's your thing). Please post the definition, the images, and the new word in SEPARATE posts. All posts and communication and questions about this contest should be conducted in this thread. Goodworks1 (that's me) will be the judge of this contest. Her decisions will be posted to this thread. The here Points will be awarded to your account after the contest closes and whenever Jim gets a chance to do it. I'll open the contest by posting the word in this thread tomorrow night, Wednesday, May 25th sometime after 9pm EDT. You can subscribe to this thread if you'd like to be notified when info is added it. The contest will end Thursday night, May 26th, at 11 pm EDT. Now is the time to ask your questions about and get clarification of any unclear aspects of this contest! Get ready! Answer: SOUNDS LIKE FUN! I'll be watching for the email with all the info! Answer: Is it really only 10 here points for the correct definition and picture? Cuz, um, last time, it was like 100 points for the definition, so I thought maybe you accidentally left a zero off or something. Answer: Ummm....9 Eastern, Pacific, or when? If Eastern, you're late!! Answer: Hmmm. Whoops! I guess my brain has gone on to Pacific Time for the evening. Just finished dinner here... And to answer Spam10's question, no, it's not an error. We're trying it this way this time. Next post is it... Answer: seersucker
Answer: 10 pointsseersucker SYLLABICATION: seer·suck·er PRONUNCIATION: sîrskr NOUN: A light thin fabric, generally cotton or rayon, with a crinkled surface and a usually striped pattern. ETYMOLOGY: Hindi srsakar, from Persian shroshakar : shr, milk (from Middle Persian) + o, and (from Middle Persian u, from Old Persian ut) + shakar, sugar (from Sanskrit arkar, from the resemblance of its smooth and rough stripes to the smooth surface of milk and bumpy texture of sugar). WORD HISTORY: Through its etymology, seersucker gives us a glimpse into the history of India. The word came into English from Hindi srsakar, which had been borrowed from the Persian compound shroshakar, meaning literally “milk and sugar” but used figuratively for a striped linen garment. The Persian word shakar, “sugar,” in turn came from Sanskrit arkar. The linguistic borrowings here reflect a broader history of cultural borrowing. In the 6th century the Persians borrowed not only the word for sugar from India but sugar itself. During and after Tamerlane's invasion of India in the late 14th century, opportunities for borrowing Persian things and words such as shroshakar were widespread, since Tamerlane incorporated Persia as well as India into his empire. It then remained for the English to borrow from an Indian language the material and its name seersucker (first recorded in 1722 in the form Sea Sucker) during the 18th century, when the East India Company and England were moving toward imperial supremacy in India. Answer: 10 pointsHope this works. Answer: 10 pointsCREEK I feel like I must be cheating. This was too easy. Answer: 10 pointsRescuer Copyright ? 2006 - 2007 www.thankhealth.com Privacy Policy
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