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June 17, 2004

God Bless Elizabeth...

...and her well-crafted art of "doing the Internet."

Seriously, Beffers, you ROCK my world. Eat this, Keith Johnson:

Oh! but you're NOT wrong about the "dining room suit"!

7. A number of things used together, and generally necessary to be united in order to answer their purpose; a number of things ordinarily classed or used together; a set; as, a suit of curtains; a suit of armor; a suit of clothes. "Two rogues in buckram suits."--Shak.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc.

2. A group of things used together; a set or collection: a suit of sails; a suit of tools.
The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
Copyright © 2000 by Houghton Mifflin Company.
Published by Houghton Mifflin Company.

From the greatness of Dictionary.com and a much more in-depth searcher than I, Ms. Beffertonian of Pocalla Swamp.

Seriously, THANK YOU. *Phew* Grammar Gods MUST stick together (especially when we're all southern and such). Tee hee.

Posted by bonnie at June 17, 2004 12:15 AM

Comments

Ha! See... that's the lovely thing about the English language. There's more than one way to name a cat.

Posted by: Julie O'Malley at June 17, 2004 10:40 AM