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Hi all. On page 515 of Ian Nairn and Nikolaus Pevsner's Buildings of England: Sussex (1965), the word incunabula is used in the context of a building. Specifically: a (locally well-known) 1930s Modernist house is described in the following terms: Halland: Bentley Wood, by Serge Chermayeff. One of the incunabula of the International Modern in England. The only meaning of the word I have come across is the plural of incunable, meaning very early printed materials from Europe. The article notes that its etymology is from the Latin for "swaddling clothes" or "cradle". Pevsner likes his interesting turns of phrase, so I am guessing that he used it as a very flowery way of saying that Bentley Wood was a pioneer or a "founder member" of that architectural style ... what do people think? (I'll be back after some sleep; thanks in advance for your answers/thoughts!) Hassocks 5489 (tickets please!) 00:14, 14 November 2010 (UTC)
What is (what we in the UK would call) non-drip gloss paint called in American-english? I already know that emulsion paint is called latex paint. Thanks. 92.15.7.155 ( talk) 15:05, 14 November 2010 (UTC)
In the UK enamel paint is a different kind of paint. If its really called enamel, then it would imply that there is little differentiation of the different types of paint in the US.
Gloss paint is used here in the UK for painting wood in houses, both interior and exterior. It is always used with a brush, never a spray-cannister as shown in the picture. Is is usually bought in 2.5 litre cans. Bare wood would require painting with primer and undercoast before painting with gloss. Note that in the UK houses usually have brick walls, but the windows frames are or were made from wood (although usually UPVC nowadays) and you'd paint those with gloss paint. The technical name for non-drip is thixotropic. What do Americans call what they paint exterior wood with? What would be the name for paint that is described here: http://www.homebuilding.co.uk/feature/how-paint-gloss-properly ? The nearest thing I could find to a list of ingredients is here: http://www.duluxdecoratorcentre.co.uk/web/pdf/safetysheets/SDS529.pdf - what would that paint be called? Polyurethane gloss paint is quite common. Here's something about the different types of paint for houses used in the UK: http://www.diydata.com/materials/paints/paints.php 92.15.7.155 ( talk) 17:14, 14 November 2010 (UTC)
Dear Wiki help desk,
I am a 6th & 7th grade language arts teacher currently doing a research project. I have used a class wiki last year, but it was primarily a digital filecabinet with some posting of discussions. This year I would like to use the wiki more to improve student writing and document my results. I have searched for articles from educators who have tried a similar project without much success. I wonder if you could recommend any studies, articles, journals that discuss teachers using wikis for student writing and the results they experienced.
Thank you for your help.
mscott1 —Preceding unsigned comment added by Mscott1 ( talk • contribs) 18:03, 14 November 2010 (UTC)
Please help me diagram this sentence: When in the Course of human events, it becomes necessary for one people to dissolve the political bands which have connected them with another and to assume among the powers of the earth the separate and equal station to which the laws of nature and of Nature's God entitle them, a decent respect to the opinions of mankind requires that they should declare the causes which impel them to the separation. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 184.77.157.98 ( talk) 19:01, 14 November 2010 (UTC)
I had a wikibreak last week, but my brain never shut down. I had plenty of spare time on my hands, and I got to wondering about expressions like:
These and others are all what I'd call excessively macho expressions. They testosteronistically exaggerate the degree of activity involved, and even introduce an element of violence to what are essentially non-violent activities. There's no literal hitting, kicking or slamming going on. Are these evidence of male domination of the language, and are there counter-examples that suggest female dominance? -- Jack of Oz ... speak! ... 20:11, 14 November 2010 (UTC)
Thanks for all the replies. -- Jack of Oz ... speak! ... 19:25, 16 November 2010 (UTC)
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Hi all. On page 515 of Ian Nairn and Nikolaus Pevsner's Buildings of England: Sussex (1965), the word incunabula is used in the context of a building. Specifically: a (locally well-known) 1930s Modernist house is described in the following terms: Halland: Bentley Wood, by Serge Chermayeff. One of the incunabula of the International Modern in England. The only meaning of the word I have come across is the plural of incunable, meaning very early printed materials from Europe. The article notes that its etymology is from the Latin for "swaddling clothes" or "cradle". Pevsner likes his interesting turns of phrase, so I am guessing that he used it as a very flowery way of saying that Bentley Wood was a pioneer or a "founder member" of that architectural style ... what do people think? (I'll be back after some sleep; thanks in advance for your answers/thoughts!) Hassocks 5489 (tickets please!) 00:14, 14 November 2010 (UTC)
What is (what we in the UK would call) non-drip gloss paint called in American-english? I already know that emulsion paint is called latex paint. Thanks. 92.15.7.155 ( talk) 15:05, 14 November 2010 (UTC)
In the UK enamel paint is a different kind of paint. If its really called enamel, then it would imply that there is little differentiation of the different types of paint in the US.
Gloss paint is used here in the UK for painting wood in houses, both interior and exterior. It is always used with a brush, never a spray-cannister as shown in the picture. Is is usually bought in 2.5 litre cans. Bare wood would require painting with primer and undercoast before painting with gloss. Note that in the UK houses usually have brick walls, but the windows frames are or were made from wood (although usually UPVC nowadays) and you'd paint those with gloss paint. The technical name for non-drip is thixotropic. What do Americans call what they paint exterior wood with? What would be the name for paint that is described here: http://www.homebuilding.co.uk/feature/how-paint-gloss-properly ? The nearest thing I could find to a list of ingredients is here: http://www.duluxdecoratorcentre.co.uk/web/pdf/safetysheets/SDS529.pdf - what would that paint be called? Polyurethane gloss paint is quite common. Here's something about the different types of paint for houses used in the UK: http://www.diydata.com/materials/paints/paints.php 92.15.7.155 ( talk) 17:14, 14 November 2010 (UTC)
Dear Wiki help desk,
I am a 6th & 7th grade language arts teacher currently doing a research project. I have used a class wiki last year, but it was primarily a digital filecabinet with some posting of discussions. This year I would like to use the wiki more to improve student writing and document my results. I have searched for articles from educators who have tried a similar project without much success. I wonder if you could recommend any studies, articles, journals that discuss teachers using wikis for student writing and the results they experienced.
Thank you for your help.
mscott1 —Preceding unsigned comment added by Mscott1 ( talk • contribs) 18:03, 14 November 2010 (UTC)
Please help me diagram this sentence: When in the Course of human events, it becomes necessary for one people to dissolve the political bands which have connected them with another and to assume among the powers of the earth the separate and equal station to which the laws of nature and of Nature's God entitle them, a decent respect to the opinions of mankind requires that they should declare the causes which impel them to the separation. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 184.77.157.98 ( talk) 19:01, 14 November 2010 (UTC)
I had a wikibreak last week, but my brain never shut down. I had plenty of spare time on my hands, and I got to wondering about expressions like:
These and others are all what I'd call excessively macho expressions. They testosteronistically exaggerate the degree of activity involved, and even introduce an element of violence to what are essentially non-violent activities. There's no literal hitting, kicking or slamming going on. Are these evidence of male domination of the language, and are there counter-examples that suggest female dominance? -- Jack of Oz ... speak! ... 20:11, 14 November 2010 (UTC)
Thanks for all the replies. -- Jack of Oz ... speak! ... 19:25, 16 November 2010 (UTC)