Re: Láadan

From: "Nik Taylor" <yonjuuni@...>
> Amanda Babcock wrote:
> > That's not at all how it divides up for me.  A blanket is a *thick*, usually
> > warm thing, may be fuzzy or may be non-fuzzy like a Navaho blanket (but not
> > filled/stuffed, like a quilt or comforter would be).  A sheet is always thin
> > and non-fuzzy, or at least not fuzzier than flannel.
>
> Right.  :-)  That's how I use it, because otherwise people would look at
> my funny, but that doesn't stop me from feeling that the distinction is
> weird.  :-)  And, actually, I do distinguish "sheet" and "blanket",
> *but* it feels weird to me to call the part that goes over the mattress
> a "sheet".  It may be the same material, but pillowcases are the same
> material, but no one would call them sheets as well.  :-)
Not individually, no, but here they're all "sheets" when you are throwing them
in the wash...

If "sheets" is the category term, it probably just ends up being the default
name for any item that doesn't have its own special name.

    *Muke!
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