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Discussion Groups / English Usage / July 2009A suit the same colour as your loose covers
Hello: Would your first thought be that they talk about loose covers meant to protect armchairs, etc? --- There was a silence, at the end of which Members put in , rather at random: 'Sillers, it is too clever of you to buy a suit the same colour as your loose covers.' Anthony Powell, A Dance to the Music of Time: Spring, p. 124 ---- -- Thanks. Marius Hancu Marius Hancu wrote... > Would your first thought be that they talk about loose covers > meant to [quoted text clipped - 8 lines] > Anthony Powell, A Dance to the Music of Time: Spring, p. 124 > ---- Yes. See for example http://www.loose-covers.biz/ I would have written "Would your first thought be that they *are talking* about loose covers..."  SignatureNoel > Hello: > [quoted text clipped - 8 lines] > Anthony Powell, A Dance to the Music of Time: Spring, p. 124 > ---- Yes, covers for upholstered furniture like armchairs or sofas. I had thought that 'loose covers' meant basically large sheet-like covers in appropriate prints, while 'fitted covers' meant the kind that fitted the furniture like a second skin, but a quick google reveals that 'loose covers' seems to refer to what I would call 'fitted covers'. http://www.plumbs.co.uk/loose-covers/index.php People used to joke about turning up at a party to find that your dress was made from the same material as the drapes or upholstery. I don't think Members really thinks Sillers was clever in the choice of the suit! Cheryl > > Would your first thought be that they talk about loose covers meant to > > protect armchairs, etc? [quoted text clipped - 18 lines] > was made from the same material as the drapes or upholstery. I don't > think Members really thinks Sillers was clever in the choice of the suit! That was my reading too. Thank you all. Marius Hancu Marius Hancu wrote, in <1d1618d3-9eec-4e0b-9345-64261118a010@v20g2000yqm.googlegroups.com> on Thu, 16 Jul 2009 03:22:43 -0700 (PDT): > Hello: > [quoted text clipped - 8 lines] > Anthony Powell, A Dance to the Music of Time: Spring, p. 124 > ---- That's what it means to me. SignatureNick Spalding BrE/IrE Marius Hancu: > Would your first thought be that they talk about loose covers meant to > protect armchairs, etc? How can I tell what my first thought would have been, when you have already suggested a meaning before I read the passage? SignatureMark Brader | "To call the characters cardboard is Toronto | to insult a useful packing material." msb@vex.net | --Roger Ebert |
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