Subj : Food for Thought
To   : Ardith Hinton
From : Paul Quinn
Date : Tue Feb 05 2019 11:23:16

Hi! Ardith,

On 04 Feb 19 15:40, you wrote to me:

 AH>>  You've reminded me of another song here too... i.e.
 AH>>  the one about an "itsy-bitsy teeny-weeny yellow polka
 AH>>  dot bikini".
 PQ>>  So, was it a white bikini?  ;)

 AH>             I was wondering about the same thing until I remembered
 AH> that polka dots & coin dots (which were larger & typically worn by
 AH> little old ladies 'way back when) were almost invariably white in
 AH> those days.  As I understand it the bathing suit in question was
 AH> probably bright yellow with white polka dots, and the teenager who was
 AH> wearing it desperately wanted to sport the latest fashion from Europe
 AH> but wasn't quite ready to do so on a public beach....  :-Q

Really?  Nah, can't be yellow on yellow.  (Do you see my point?  I'm safe from 
polka dot bikinis too.)  I'm thinking a red or a blue always makes a great 
combo with yellow. (Yellow looks really nice as a 'trim' on the bikinis worn by 
the Chinese beach volleyball contestants, being either red or blue.)  The safe 
standby is white as I mentioned, of course.  :)

 PQ>>  OTOH, I note with interest that you a use a single word
 PQ>>  'thank you'.  Is that a Canadian thing?

 AH>             You've opened a nice can of worms there, my friend.  Give
 AH> yourself another gold star & fasten your seat belt... [chuckle].

Oops.  It's a recent point of interest.  I queried myself and mistakenly 
checked a dictionary (singular, and may have been via uncle Google).

 AH>             In short:  this spelling has been traced to Australia,
 AH> Canada, the UK, and the US.

Oh, dear.

 AH> In formal writing it is definitely not recommended.  :-)

That is what I like to see.  Thank you.  ;)

Cheers,
Paul.

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