Please LOGIN or Join PatternReview

Go to Page: 1 of 62 of 63 of 64 of 65 of 66 of 6

Large pones? New-to-me term...
goodworks1   Advanced IL USA Member since 7/19/03 Posts: 3300	Login to reply to this post Like this post Date: 1/16/10 1:12 PM I was checking out a bunch of the interesting articles that come from the Texas Cooperative Extension service here and noticed a term that is new to me. It's in a brochure on altering pants and at the end of page three, continuing on page 4, mentions "Large pones on the upper thigh" I'm guessing this is what I've heard called 'saddlebags', but even a cursory look at Google didn't help much. Is this a Spanish term, maybe? Elaine ------ blog: goodworks1.wordpress.com
TallBean Intermediate MD USA Member since 10/13/07 Posts: 281	Login to reply to this post Like this post Date: 1/16/10 2:17 PM Maybe it was a typo and they intended to say, "large BONES." That would be my guess, but I don't understand why they wouldn't say, large hip bones or something else. Just my two cents! :) Brenna ------ http://sewing4myself.blogspot.com/
Kayseri   Intermediate NEW ZEALAND Member since 4/21/09 Posts: 251	Login to reply to this post In reply to goodworks1 Like this post Date: 1/16/10 2:41 PM I can't help with your Pones but thanks for the link. This looks like a useful resource.
colorkitten Intermediate NY USA Member since 1/19/08 Posts: 306	Login to reply to this post In reply to goodworks1 Like this post Date: 1/16/10 2:46 PM If it's the same pdf I just looked at, it can't be a typo, they use it 3 times including as a headline. Their description of it and the drawings of the problem sounds like saddlebags to me. But I've never heard of it. The only pone I ever heard of is made with cornmeal! ------ ~sarah www.colorkitten.com
KempCorr Intermediate OH USA Member since 12/21/06 Posts: 327	Login to reply to this post Like this post Date: 1/16/10 3:03 PM Maybe it refers to the result of eating too many cornpones. ------ Kathryn
Elona   Advanced CA USA Member since 8/24/02 Posts: 7402	Login to reply to this post In reply to goodworks1 Like this post Date: 1/16/10 3:06 PM Ye gods, how did they even find this word to use it in a sewing article?? In the big old Webster's Third New International Dictionary from 1961, the third definition of the word 'pone,' after discussions of an Algonquin word for cornbread and a cardplaying term, is 'pone,' meaning 'a lump or swelling.' The origin is apparently unknown. Whoever wrote this pants article should be contacted and given a rap across the knuckles with a ruler. Clarity is the first objective in writing. Phooey!
my horse Advanced NC USA Member since 5/9/05 Posts: 803	Login to reply to this post Like this post Date: 1/16/10 3:32 PM As a native Texan, I have to say maybe it's a Texas thang ya'll. I heard it growing up but haven't heard it since I left there. ------ She looks for wool and flax And works with her hands in delight. Proverbs 31:13 NAS
CM_Sews Intermediate CA USA Member since 9/18/04 Posts: 1476	Login to reply to this post In reply to Elona Like this post Date: 1/16/10 3:50 PM Quote: Elona Ye gods, how did they even find this word to use it in a sewing article?? In the big old Webster's Third New International Dictionary from 1961, the third definition of the word 'pone,' after discussions of an Algonquin word for cornbread and a cardplaying term, is 'pone,' meaning 'a lump or swelling.' The origin is apparently unknown. Whoever wrote this pants article should be contacted and given a rap across the knuckles with a ruler. Clarity is the first objective in writing. Phooey! Let me preface my comment by saying I am not from Texas and have never even visited Texas, but I suspect "pones" might make perfect sense to sewers in Texas who are familiar with Southern Corn Pones as a traditional food item. I'm going to assume that high hip "saddle bags" or "fluff" is the about same shape as as a corn pone. This may be a commonly used word in the South to describe that figure "flaw", so common that it never occurred to the author the term would be unknown to sewers. Maybe someone from the South can clarify. I'm just guessing. How about Baguettes on the high hip? CMC
Vibekeinyork Intermediate Member since 7/11/06 Posts: 838	Login to reply to this post In reply to CM_Sews Like this post Date: 1/16/10 4:22 PM Edited too keep my inner teenage boy in check. -- Edited on 1/17/10 6:00 AM --
Erica B. Advanced AL Member since 6/6/06 Posts: 358	Login to reply to this post Like this post Date: 1/16/10 6:53 PM I'm a Southerner and that's a term I use to hear my grandmother use. If someone had on short shorts, she would say that their "pones" were barely covered. ------ Erica B. Birmingham, AL http://www.ericabunker.com

Go to Page: 1 of 62 of 63 of 64 of 65 of 66 of 6

Please LOGIN or Join PatternReview

Printable Version

* Advertising and soliciting is strictly prohibited on PatternReview.com. If you find a post which is not in agreement with our Terms and Conditions, please click on the Report Post button to report it.