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Discussion Groups / ESL Teaching / December 2005Pilates classes + onesie
Hello, My professor in high-school gave me an assignment to analyse a news paper article. I don't understand the following sentence (my native language is Dutch): "The Estancia Hotel and Spa in La Jolla, Calif., offers couples sessions with a photographer, chauffeured shopping excursions, Pilates classes, and a onesie for the baby." What is meant by "Pilates classes" and "onesie". I can't find either the words, either the expression in a dictionary. The internet didn't help me either. Could someone provide me an explication of those two expressions? Thanks in advance, Stefanie PS: you can find the artcicle at http://www.miami.com/mld/miamiherald/living/travel/11906785.htm (The Miami Herald) Stefanie <severke@skynet.be> spake thusly: > Hello, > [quoted text clipped - 10 lines] > > Could someone provide me an explication of those two expressions? Pilates is a trendy exercise programme, invented by a German named Joseph Pilates in the 1880s. It has recently become very popular with the type of people who investigate every new trend in exercise. It's pronounced pill-ARE-tees http://www.pilates.com/history.html "onesie" is what we in the UK call a BabyGro - a one-piece baby garment which fastens under the nappy. http://www.cottonsisters.com/baby/babyonesie2.htm  SignatureDavid ===== replace usenet with the the Omrud <usenet.omrud@gmail.com> spake thusly: > Stefanie <severke@skynet.be> spake thusly: > [quoted text clipped - 18 lines] > It's pronounced pill-ARE-tees > http://www.pilates.com/history.html Sorry, I misremembered - he was born in the 1880s but his scheme was developed in the 20s, as Pierre says. SignatureDavid ===== replace usenet with the "David" writes: > Pilates is a trendy exercise programme... > It's pronounced pill-ARE-tees Only if you're nonrhotic and think that's the same as pill-AH-teez. SignatureMark Brader, Toronto "Let us knot coin gnu werds huitch msb@vex.net are spelld rong." -- Rik Fischer Smoody Mark Brader <msb@vex.net> spake thusly: > "David" writes: > > Pilates is a trendy exercise programme... > > It's pronounced pill-ARE-tees > > Only if you're nonrhotic and think that's the same as pill-AH-teez. I am, and I do. So there's an interesting question. Are Belgians rhotic when speaking English as a foreign language? SignatureDavid ===== replace usenet with the > Mark Brader <msb@vex.net> spake thusly: > [quoted text clipped - 5 lines] > > I am, and I do. I are! Is English the only language which has every case of the current tense of the most popular verb in the language, irregular? [Shakespeare sneakiliy avoided it by using the infinitive, since otherwise the line would read; Am I or Aint I? Which even daringly-modern bbc directors do not attempt in order to be popular and contemporary, since it is no resting place! And one might as well logically proceed directly to the street with "innit?" which has a shade of European sophistication by virtue of its negative interrogative.] am, but not I is, whereas one is! are he/she are, but not it are! it is! are are are and this is 'proper English'! In Cornish we adopt the usefully innovative 'm formation, as in you'm. Avoiding 'you are' by you'ms, and 'we are' by either we-em or us'n! Negatives are more complicated and I thank Queen Victoria for saying ain't - which is much less ugly than the modernism aren't. The only wonder is that aren't only exists as third person, and we dont say I amn't. Then there is the fabulous introduction to the past tense: was and were with the impersonal one was and one wasn't. Phil Innes > So there's an interesting question. Are Belgians rhotic when > speaking English as a foreign language? > > Mark Brader <msb@vex.net> spake thusly: > > [quoted text clipped - 16 lines] > has a shade of European sophistication by virtue of its negative > interrogative.] I don't know about the "most popular verb" business: "have" is used more often, since it can function as an auxiliary verb (the use of "be" as an auxiliary is encountered more rarely). As for Shakespeare, Hamlet wasn't questioning whether he was, but was instead questioning whether he should continue to be, so that "To be, or not to be" is indeed appropriate. > am, but not I is, whereas one is! > are [quoted text clipped - 4 lines] > > and this is 'proper English'! "Be" doesn't seem all that much more irregular to me than the French equivalent, "être." In the following I compare the English and French irregular verbs with regular verbs: "be" I am, we are you are he (she) is, they are "return" I return, we return you return he (she) returns, they return "être" je suis, nous sommes tu es, vous êtes il (elle) est, ils (elles) sont "rendre" je rends, nous rendons tu rends, vous rendez il (elle) rend, ils (elles) rendent > In Cornish we adopt the usefully innovative 'm formation, as in you'm. > Avoiding 'you are' by you'ms, and 'we are' by either we-em or us'n! > > Negatives are more complicated and I thank Queen Victoria for saying ain't - > which is much less ugly than the modernism aren't. The only wonder is that > aren't only exists as third person, and we dont say I amn't. To me, "aren't I?" sounds better than "ain't I?" and is less stiff-sounding than "am I not?" > Then there is the fabulous introduction to the past tense: was and were with > the impersonal one was and one wasn't. -- Raymond S. Wise Minneapolis, Minnesota USA E-mail: mplsray @ yahoo . com I don't know about the "most popular verb" business: "have" is used more often, since it can function as an auxiliary verb (the use of "be" as an auxiliary is encountered more rarely). ** that's interesting, i always thought the most popular 2 letter expression was "I'm" as in "I'm off tut pub!" I'm quite interested in word usage - can you cite a site which could address this issue? As for Shakespeare, Hamlet wasn't questioning whether he was, but was instead questioning whether he should continue to be, so that "To be, or not to be" is indeed appropriate. ** ay, well, and a sad mess he said of saying so > Negatives are more complicated and I thank Queen Victoria for saying > ain't - > which is much less ugly than the modernism aren't. The only wonder is that > aren't only exists as third person, and we dont say I amn't. To me, "aren't I?" sounds better than "ain't I?" and is less stiff-sounding than "am I not?" ** We aren't amused! I suppose liking one of the other is now a matter of custom. > Then there is the fabulous introduction to the past tense: was and were > with > the impersonal one was and one wasn't. ** I weren't ! Better the Scots, I wassna. **Phil -- Raymond S. Wise Minneapolis, Minnesota USA E-mail: mplsray @ yahoo . com With no regard for personal safety or the comfort of others, the Great "Chess One" <innes8@verizon.net> blathered: >> Mark Brader <msb@vex.net> spake thusly: >> [quoted text clipped - 9 lines] > >Is English the only language which has every case Go to the back of the grammar class, dude. Dr Zen "But let me tell you that I never planned to let go of the hand that has been clinging by its thick country skin to my yellow country teeth" -- Ounsworth http://gollyg.blogspot.com > "David" writes: > > Pilates is a trendy exercise programme... > > It's pronounced pill-ARE-tees > Only if you're nonrhotic and think that's the same as pill-AH-teez. Of if you're a pirate! Arrrr... SignaturePlease take off your shoes before arriving at my in-box. I will not, no matter how "good" the deal, patronise any business which sends unsolicited commercial e-mail or that advertises in discussion newsgroups. >Stefanie <severke@skynet.be> spake thusly: > [quoted text clipped - 17 lines] >with the type of people who investigate every new trend in exercise. >It's pronounced pill-ARE-tees Equally "hot" as a trend here. I go to Bally's - a health club with exercise machines - every other day. They offer Pilates programs, and the sessions are full. I thought it was pronounced "Pill-ah-tays", but I'm not at all sure. I haven't heard anyone say it that I consider a person to emulate. >http://www.pilates.com/history.html > >"onesie" is what we in the UK call a BabyGro - a one-piece baby >garment which fastens under the nappy. >http://www.cottonsisters.com/baby/babyonesie2.htm SignatureTony Cooper Orlando, FL >I go to Bally's - a health club with >exercise machines - every other day. Do you have a private locker there where you can store your Rolex? SignatureCharles Riggs > Pilates is a trendy exercise programme, invented by a German named > Joseph Pilates in the 1880s. It has recently become very popular > with the type of people who investigate every new trend in exercise. > It's pronounced pill-ARE-tees I'm so glad you gave the pronunciation. I see the word everywhere. I've never really wanted to say it, but I knew that if the urge came, I'd be embarrassed at not knowing. SignatureRob Bannister Robert Bannister <robban@it.net.au> spake thusly: > > Pilates is a trendy exercise programme, invented by a German named > > Joseph Pilates in the 1880s. It has recently become very popular [quoted text clipped - 4 lines] > never really wanted to say it, but I knew that if the urge came, I'd be > embarrassed at not knowing. I reckon that adopting a pronunciation of Pie-Lates might server to prick some of the pomposity surrounding this activity, which seems to be akin to Music And Movement (for the UK over-45s). And ... rest. SignatureDavid ===== replace usenet with the > I reckon that adopting a pronunciation of Pie-Lates might server to > prick some of the pomposity surrounding this activity, which seems to > be akin to Music And Movement (for the UK over-45s). Ah yes, Pretentious Pie-Lates :-) Owain > "onesie" is what we in the UK call a BabyGro - a one-piece baby > garment which fastens under the nappy. > http://www.cottonsisters.com/baby/babyonesie2.htm That's a vest, not a babygro. A babygro has arms and legs. >> "onesie" is what we in the UK call a BabyGro - a one-piece baby >> garment which fastens under the nappy. >> http://www.cottonsisters.com/baby/babyonesie2.htm > > That's a vest, not a babygro. A babygro has arms and legs. We don't use the term babygro in the US, as far as I know. The garment may have a snap crotch for the changing of diapers, or a barndoor or flap for toilet training, etc. With arms and legs (including feet/footsies), the onepiece garment is usually referred to as a Dr Denton: http://www.foreverakid.com/faksleepwear.html for fetishists and with more images: http://tinyurl.com/co78q Of course, that gets a bit beyond the "onesie". I always thought of onesies and twosies as graduated maneuvers in "jacks". Pat Durkin <durk183@sbcglobal.com> spake thusly: > >> "onesie" is what we in the UK call a BabyGro - a one-piece baby > >> garment which fastens under the nappy. > >> http://www.cottonsisters.com/baby/babyonesie2.htm > > > > That's a vest, not a babygro. A babygro has arms and legs. I think you're right about the legs, but I reckon short arms are possible in a vrai Babygro. > We don't use the term babygro in the US, as far as I know. The garment > may have a snap crotch for the changing of diapers, or a barndoor or > flap for toilet training, etc. "Babygro" is a trade name - presumably they aren't sold in the US. SignatureDavid ===== replace usenet with the > Pat Durkin <durk183@sbcglobal.com> spake thusly: > [quoted text clipped - 13 lines] > > "Babygro" is a trade name - presumably they aren't sold in the US. Well, as usual with trade names, Dr Dentons became doctor dentons and is used generically. Apparently not sold in UK. >>> "onesie" is what we in the UK call a BabyGro - a one-piece baby >>> garment which fastens under the nappy. [quoted text clipped - 7 lines] > With arms and legs (including feet/footsies), the onepiece garment is > usually referred to as a Dr Denton: I get the impression that in the US the things with arms and legs are sleepsuits. >>>> "onesie" is what we in the UK call a BabyGro - a one-piece baby >>>> garment which fastens under the nappy. [quoted text clipped - 10 lines] > I get the impression that in the US the things with arms and legs are > sleepsuits. We distinguished by calling the ones with cute feet "babygros", regardless of label, and the bare-leg ones "crutch-gros". I feel sure we didn't say the "w". A friend of a friend once rashly said, during an ooh-ah session, "Doesn't a babygro look cosy? I'd love to have one of those!" Her husband, kindly though equally rashly, duly searched the shops and found an adult-size one-piece spencerish thing in a repellent shade of off-pink, and proudly wrapped it up as a Christmas present... SignatureMike. >>>> "onesie" is what we in the UK call a BabyGro - a one-piece baby >>>> garment which fastens under the nappy. [quoted text clipped - 11 lines] > I get the impression that in the US the things with arms and legs are > sleepsuits. Never heard the term. But I am generally not around baby stuff. For a while I kept hearing my nieces use the term "nook" or "nookie", and really wondered what they were talking about. Then, in a department store with my sister, who was shopping for clothing for her newest grandson, I saw what I understood were "pacifiers". The brand name of this baby-bottle nipple substitute was "NUK". I don't ask how or why it got a brand name (now used generically) like that. How does one get to be 69 years of age and miss all of this? Anyway, my sister didn't get the doctor dentons. Too expensive. And besides, all the sisters and cousins have a recirculating supply of baby things. Onesies appear to be very fragile, though, and deteriorate after much washing. Besides, they are quickly outgrown. NUKs are very small and get lost frequently. Seems they don't have a clip and strap to attach them to the clothing, so they fall very unsanitarily on every floor. >> I get the impression that in the US the things with arms and legs are >> sleepsuits. [quoted text clipped - 13 lines] >get lost frequently. Seems they don't have a clip and strap to attach >them to the clothing, so they fall very unsanitarily on every floor. NUK is a German brand, so you'd have to ask someone German, I think. NUK does make clips and straps, you have to buy them separately. When I was attempting to get YoungBloke to take a dummy none of the dummies I saw came with a strap, I bought one separately. He used to chew that more than the dummy. SignatureThe point of education is to correct ignorance. It cannot deal with stupidity. (Mortimer Hebblethwaite, uk.misc) Stefanie : > What is meant by "Pilates classes" and "onesie". Google is your friend. Use it and two minutes later, you can read: "Pilates, (pronounced puh-LAH-teez) developed in the 1920's by physical trainer, Joseph H. Pilates, is an exercise system focused on improving flexibility and strength for the total body without building bulk. Pilates is more than an exercise however. It's a series of precisely controlled movements designed to engage both mind and body." "A onesie is a one-piece, t-shirt-like baby garment that has snaps at the crotch to keep it from riding up and exposing the baby's tummy. Onesies are also called bodysuits." Pierre Hallet >Hello, > >My professor in high-school... The spelling of my esteemed colleague Pat Durkin not withstanding, the word is "high school", Stefanie -- no hyphen. SignatureCharles Riggs > >Hello, > > [quoted text clipped - 5 lines] > -- > Charles Riggs You're right about the hyphen, but there's long been a tendency to use high school as a compound noun, e.g. ' I learned a lot in high school.' But as a single word word as an adjective, e.g. 'I have a highschool certificate.' |
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