The Mudcat Café TM
Thread #133524   Message #3033838
Posted By: GUEST,Shimrod
16-Nov-10 - 04:53 PM
Thread Name: Moulettes - not folk say gatekeepers
Subject: RE: Moulettes – not folk say gatekeepers
"Folk can (& does) mean anything to anyone - the word is there for anyone who wants to use it, and those who do (Moulettes being a case in point) do so with respect & reference to a very particular aesthetic entirely consistent with previous usage.

Everywhere I look, Folk is evolving - everywhere other than Mudcat that is, where the toothless orthodoxy are gurning with cantankerous displeasure than anyone younger than 60 should dare intrude upon their precious (though entirely imaginary) domain."

Well, Suibhne, still banging that old drum with your usual dispassionate objectivity I see! Has it ever occurred to you that making unsubstantiated assertions (i.e. "Folk can (& does) mean anything to anyone ..." etc.) and then insulting anyone who might possibly disagree with you, might not do an awful lot for your credibility?

Anyway, this 'old gurner' has to go now because he needs to sculpt a beehive for his sewing machine ... Oh! Sorry, I meant write an article for his blog! But then I'm just a toothless old pedant who happens to believe that words have meaning ...