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  #31  
Old March 24th 04, 04:22 AM
Pat in Virginia
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How about using the punctuation in two blocks and some numbers in
a few blocks? Just use enough to 'round out' the blocks to the
number you want. I really like your idea of a reversible quilt
Marissa! I suggest you just go with American English (Sofia's
birthplace) and Uruguay Spanish (for you and DH's homeland) and
it will be delightful! BTW: I saw the picture of you, your DM and
DD ... fantastic!
PAT in VA/USA

"Dr. Quilter" wrote:

DH suggests addin exclamation & question marks in the extra blocks,
colons & semicolons?

Mystified One wrote:

When doing alphabet blocks, I can't make the set of 26 come out even. No
matter how hard I try, I end up with one left or one blank space.

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Old March 24th 04, 08:02 PM
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funny, this all started when DH and I recited it aloud. We were saying
it in Spanish but only included the 26 letters of the 'standard' alphabet.

Kathy Applebaum wrote:
Looks like you're both right:

"Traditionally, in the Spanish alphabet, ch, ll, rr and ñ are individual
letters. In most dictionaries Ch follows C so that copia [copy] and cuchillo
[knife] come before chaleco [vest]. The same follows for L and LL, n and
ñ. This also happens with r and rr when they occur in the middle of words
(as noted above, rr is spelled r when it begins a word.) In 1995 the
Spanish alphabet was revised to eliminate most of the compound letters.
Therefore, the Spanish alphabet has all the letters of the English alphabet
except for the additional ñ. However, most dictionaries still adhere to the
traditional letters. Many Latin American countries have not decided to
follow Spain's lead in this matter. Also, these traditional letters are
used when spelling aloud. Therefore it is important to know the original
standard Spanish alphabet."
(http://www.drlemon.net/Grammar/alphabet.html, and also Mrs. Bocolini, my
Argentinian Spanish teacher. *grin*)


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  #33  
Old March 24th 04, 08:08 PM
Dr. Quilter
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Thanks Pat....

don't we look adorable? )

I was rethinking the quilt and decided to clarify what I meant: I don't
NEED to use a fabric that works for different letters in both languages
(what to do if eg. a fabric with apples is used for A in english and M
in spanish, and then I want to use one with motorbikes for the M in
english, which would also be M in spanish - it gets even more
complicated), but that I CAN use a fabric for two letters in each side
so I won't really need 26+27 fabrics because of the overlap. Now, I need
stuff with 'enhe' (netscape does not take the alt letters, I have to
copy and paste from another message). I could use a nhandu (rhea
americana) for example... Q in spanish is easy, cheese. the only thing I
can think of with X in both languages would be a xylophone! this is why
this is a long term project.. one of these days I should make inventory
of what I have - an excel spreadsheet with 3 columns will come in handy
(fabric description, word it would work for in Spanish and English!)

BTW, I think there is only one English and Spanish alphabets, right? Or
do you guys mean for example the british would be different from the
American??? I am going with the RAE for the Spanish

Pat in Virginia wrote:

How about using the punctuation in two blocks and some numbers in
a few blocks? Just use enough to 'round out' the blocks to the
number you want. I really like your idea of a reversible quilt
Marissa! I suggest you just go with American English (Sofia's
birthplace) and Uruguay Spanish (for you and DH's homeland) and
it will be delightful! BTW: I saw the picture of you, your DM and
DD ... fantastic!
PAT in VA/USA

"Dr. Quilter" wrote:

DH suggests addin exclamation & question marks in the extra blocks,
colons & semicolons?

Mystified One wrote:


When doing alphabet blocks, I can't make the set of 26 come out even. No
matter how hard I try, I end up with one left or one blank space.


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  #34  
Old March 24th 04, 08:49 PM
Pat in Virginia
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Yeah, you all looked great.
Alphabet in English is the same in all forms. Don't know about
Spanish, and the comments on this thread are a tad confusing to
me ... it has been a reeeeeealy looooong time since I took HS
Spanish! G

I guess what I meant by American English is that different
English speaking cultures have somedifferent words. Example: if I
had a picture of a cookie, I would make that "C is for Cookie"
not "B is for Biscuit" as the British might do. Capice? For X I
use X Ray ... does that work in Spanish too?

TTFN, PAT

"Dr. Quilter" wrote:

Thanks Pat....

don't we look adorable? )

I was rethinking the quilt and decided to clarify what I meant: I don't
NEED to use a fabric that works for different letters in both languages
(what to do if eg. a fabric with apples is used for A in english and M
in spanish, and then I want to use one with motorbikes for the M in
english, which would also be M in spanish - it gets even more
complicated), but that I CAN use a fabric for two letters in each side
so I won't really need 26+27 fabrics because of the overlap. Now, I need
stuff with 'enhe' (netscape does not take the alt letters, I have to
copy and paste from another message). I could use a nhandu (rhea
americana) for example... Q in spanish is easy, cheese. the only thing I
can think of with X in both languages would be a xylophone! this is why
this is a long term project.. one of these days I should make inventory
of what I have - an excel spreadsheet with 3 columns will come in handy
(fabric description, word it would work for in Spanish and English!)

BTW, I think there is only one English and Spanish alphabets, right? Or
do you guys mean for example the british would be different from the
American??? I am going with the RAE for the Spanish

  #35  
Old March 24th 04, 10:17 PM
Dr. Quilter
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it would be Rayos X, so kida but not really. I was thinking that the RR
discussion is moot, I don't think there are any words that start with
it! LL is easy, lluvia, or rain, and ch also.. CHOCOLATE! )

Pat in Virginia wrote:

Yeah, you all looked great.
Alphabet in English is the same in all forms. Don't know about
Spanish, and the comments on this thread are a tad confusing to
me ... it has been a reeeeeealy looooong time since I took HS
Spanish! G

I guess what I meant by American English is that different
English speaking cultures have somedifferent words. Example: if I
had a picture of a cookie, I would make that "C is for Cookie"
not "B is for Biscuit" as the British might do. Capice? For X I
use X Ray ... does that work in Spanish too?

TTFN, PAT

"Dr. Quilter" wrote:

Thanks Pat....

don't we look adorable? )

I was rethinking the quilt and decided to clarify what I meant: I don't
NEED to use a fabric that works for different letters in both languages
(what to do if eg. a fabric with apples is used for A in english and M
in spanish, and then I want to use one with motorbikes for the M in
english, which would also be M in spanish - it gets even more
complicated), but that I CAN use a fabric for two letters in each side
so I won't really need 26+27 fabrics because of the overlap. Now, I need
stuff with 'enhe' (netscape does not take the alt letters, I have to
copy and paste from another message). I could use a nhandu (rhea
americana) for example... Q in spanish is easy, cheese. the only thing I
can think of with X in both languages would be a xylophone! this is why
this is a long term project.. one of these days I should make inventory
of what I have - an excel spreadsheet with 3 columns will come in handy
(fabric description, word it would work for in Spanish and English!)

BTW, I think there is only one English and Spanish alphabets, right? Or
do you guys mean for example the british would be different from the
American??? I am going with the RAE for the Spanish


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  #36  
Old March 25th 04, 09:32 PM
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Didja see who won this fabric?? :-)

Somebody we know found her hedgehogs.

Happy Stitching,
Janet of Gar

"frood" wrote in message
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http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll...tegory=12 510

Does this help? NAYY!

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"Johanna Gibson" wrote in message
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On Tue, 23 Mar 2004 03:08:18 GMT, " Ellison"
wrote:

Howdy!
Ah, yes, the rr-- errrrre! I love it!

Quilting without errrrrre,
Ragmop/Sandy
"nzl*" wrote in message
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http://spanish.allinfo-about.com/pro...-alphabet.html

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"Dr. Quilter" wrote in message
...
we don't count ll and ch as letters... I think. I don't remember, but
both Fer and I came up with 27:

a b c d e f g h i j k l m n ñ o p q r s t u v w x y z.

but I am not sure. I wrote it down and had 26, then had to go back

and
add the ñ so now I am confused. Cc to DH for confirmation.. .) Been
living here way too long!

my plan is to make a bilingual ABC quilt. maybe reversible. I am
collecting fabrics that can be used for two letters. ej. apple fabric
would be the A in english and the M in spanish for Manzana.


Well if you ever find fabric with hedgehogs on it, let me know.
It's one of the few words with start with the letter "yo" in Russian.
Russian has 33 "letters" but 2 of those are more like pronunciation
marks, which influence the letter they are placed after - "hard sign"
and "soft sign"... you pronounce the letter accordingly. So there are
no pictures or words for those two letters because they are never at
the beginning of a word. That leaves 31 letters to find fabric for!
On a note of curiosity - the "A is for apple" starts the English
alphabet, but in Russian, "Ya is for yabloko" (apple) would end the
alphabet because ya is the last letter.


-- Jo in Scotland





  #37  
Old March 25th 04, 10:54 PM
Johanna Gibson
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On Thu, 25 Mar 2004 20:32:16 GMT, "Janet of Gar"
wrote:

Didja see who won this fabric?? :-)

Somebody we know found her hedgehogs.

Happy Stitching,
Janet of Gar

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http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll...tegory=12 510

Does this help? NAYY!

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Yes, many thanks for the help! There seem to be "yozhiki" (little
hedgehogs) of several sizes. I thought I could use the smaller ones
at the bottom for the I-spy squares I'm collecting, and then the
larger ones could be for something else.


-- Jo in Scotland
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Old March 25th 04, 11:21 PM
frood
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Glad you found some! I was tempted to bid on the other one (she was selling
2), but talked myself out of it.

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"Johanna Gibson" wrote in message
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On Thu, 25 Mar 2004 20:32:16 GMT, "Janet of Gar"
wrote:

Didja see who won this fabric?? :-)

Somebody we know found her hedgehogs.

Happy Stitching,
Janet of Gar

"frood" wrote in message
om...


http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll...ategory=12 51

0

Does this help? NAYY!

--
Wendy
http://griffinsflight.com/Quilting/quilt1.htm
de-fang email address to reply


Yes, many thanks for the help! There seem to be "yozhiki" (little
hedgehogs) of several sizes. I thought I could use the smaller ones
at the bottom for the I-spy squares I'm collecting, and then the
larger ones could be for something else.


-- Jo in Scotland



  #39  
Old March 25th 04, 11:43 PM
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On Tue, 23 Mar 2004 15:32:20 +0000, Patti
wrote:

Now that, Jo, is one of the fascinating sort of fact that I will carry
around in my mind to the end of my days!! I just love that kind of
knowledge.
You can't believe what a little buzz I have going having learned that.
And, I'm not being in the least sarcastic.
I shall tell my little maths coaching class on Monday; they need little
snippets to give one-up on their smarter classmates!!
.
In article , Johanna Gibson
writes
snipped
On a note of curiosity - the "A is for apple" starts the English
alphabet, but in Russian, "Ya is for yabloko" (apple) would end the
alphabet because ya is the last letter.


-- Jo in Scotland


Boy am I glad to know I'm not wasting everyone's time! I like these
little factoids, but I realize that some people are annoyed by this
sort of information, because how would you ever categorize it? And
what is the purpose of it anyway? Why, my friend, it is so that I
will always win at trivial pursuit, and I always have things to talk
about at cocktail parties.


-- Jo in Scotland
 




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