matching wardrobe to local temperature
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I know this seems very OCD, but has anyone found out the exact number of days over 70 degrees Farenheit and the days below 40 degrees, in their local city, to plan his wardrobe?
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No, it never crossed my mind - we think in Celsius degrees here 
The need to cover our bodies adequately to protect them from the elements could be determined on such data, hardly a gentleman's wardrobe. I could only agree that, in particularly hot or cold climates, it would be advisable for a gentleman to have most of his wardrobe made in warmer or cooler fabrics, maintaining however seasonal diversity (i.e. the same number of winter suits - in terms of colours, cut - made in lighter cloth). But is this gentleman never to leave his feud?
C
The need to cover our bodies adequately to protect them from the elements could be determined on such data, hardly a gentleman's wardrobe. I could only agree that, in particularly hot or cold climates, it would be advisable for a gentleman to have most of his wardrobe made in warmer or cooler fabrics, maintaining however seasonal diversity (i.e. the same number of winter suits - in terms of colours, cut - made in lighter cloth). But is this gentleman never to leave his feud?
C
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Not gone to those lengths, but...
I live in a climate that is quite cool in the summer and rather moderate, but wet, in the winter. The unusual aspect to our climate is that the warm months are in the fall. My wardrobe reflects the realities of my climate in that I do not have much that is extremely lightweight, and that which is tends towards slightly fall like colors to match the season that I wear it.
I live in a climate that is quite cool in the summer and rather moderate, but wet, in the winter. The unusual aspect to our climate is that the warm months are in the fall. My wardrobe reflects the realities of my climate in that I do not have much that is extremely lightweight, and that which is tends towards slightly fall like colors to match the season that I wear it.
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Well, "planning" may be too strong a word. Depending on where I live at any one time, my mind automatically wanders to the fabrics climate and season demand. The disadvantage is that, a Fresco suits ordered in the current heatwave will only be available for the next summer season.
TVD
TVD
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Giving us such delightful property law terms as "enfeoffment", and the law-French "fee simple" (fay ZAMP' - though noone pronounces it properly).Anonymous wrote:just an Italian false friend: "feudo"
"feoff" or "fee" actually, in English (land)
The more obvious word we'll all know is fief or fiefdom, of course...
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I feared that, while "feud" was Italian-inspired (and had a whole different meaning in English of which I was not aware), "fief" would sound French (which it is, too).
Why don't we all learn Esperanto and do away with language barriers
By the way: do you, gentlemen, think that the official language of Elegance (if there is any such thing) would be English?
Why don't we all learn Esperanto and do away with language barriers
By the way: do you, gentlemen, think that the official language of Elegance (if there is any such thing) would be English?
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I do not wish to hijack the thread, but fee simple comes directly from latin (feodum simplex) and hence a French pronunciation is not correct from an etymological point of view. Fee simple is an English, rather than Norman, invention.Anonymous wrote:... and the law-French "fee simple" (fay ZAMP' - though noone pronounces it properly).
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Any mistake is an opportunity to learn, which I seized without delay.
“Fee” has apparently entered the English language via the Old French “fieu” (which gave “fief” later), conjecture corroborated by the fact that the only English words deriving directly from "feodum / feudum" are of relatively recent birth : feudal / feudalism - concepts of History developed in the 1840’s.
What appeared to me as a root, "feud", my false friend, is of Germanic/English origin (connected to “foe”) - nothing but a literal resemblance with “feudum”.
Nevertheless, “fee simple” clearly originates conceptually in the Latin “feodum simplex”, as charmingly explained by the following article which I couldn’t help posting:
“Tenant in fee simple is he whiche hath landes or tenements to holde to hym and
to his heyres foreuer. And it is called in laten feodum simplex / for feodum is
called inherytaunce / & simplex is asmoche to say as laufull or pure / and so
feodum simplex is as moche to say as laufull or pure inherytaunte. For if a man
wyll purchase landes or tenementes in fee simple / it behoueth hym to haue these wordes in his purchas / to haue and to holde vnto hym and to his heyres: for these wordes his heyres make the estate of inherytaunce. For if any man purchase landes by these wordes / to haue and to holde to hym for euer / or by suche wordes / to haue and to holde to hym and his assygnes for euer/ In these .ii. cases he hathe none estate but for terme of lyfe / for that that he lacketh these wordes / his heyres: whiche wordes onely make the estate of inherytaunce / in all
feffementes and grauntes”
Sir Thomas Littleton, "Treatise on Tenures", late 15th century
With apologies to the gentleman originally interested in weather statistics (and their application to designing one’s wardrobe), as well as to fellow members I managed to bore with the off-topic debate to which I have unintendedly given rise,
Costi
“Fee” has apparently entered the English language via the Old French “fieu” (which gave “fief” later), conjecture corroborated by the fact that the only English words deriving directly from "feodum / feudum" are of relatively recent birth : feudal / feudalism - concepts of History developed in the 1840’s.
What appeared to me as a root, "feud", my false friend, is of Germanic/English origin (connected to “foe”) - nothing but a literal resemblance with “feudum”.
Nevertheless, “fee simple” clearly originates conceptually in the Latin “feodum simplex”, as charmingly explained by the following article which I couldn’t help posting:
“Tenant in fee simple is he whiche hath landes or tenements to holde to hym and
to his heyres foreuer. And it is called in laten feodum simplex / for feodum is
called inherytaunce / & simplex is asmoche to say as laufull or pure / and so
feodum simplex is as moche to say as laufull or pure inherytaunte. For if a man
wyll purchase landes or tenementes in fee simple / it behoueth hym to haue these wordes in his purchas / to haue and to holde vnto hym and to his heyres: for these wordes his heyres make the estate of inherytaunce. For if any man purchase landes by these wordes / to haue and to holde to hym for euer / or by suche wordes / to haue and to holde to hym and his assygnes for euer/ In these .ii. cases he hathe none estate but for terme of lyfe / for that that he lacketh these wordes / his heyres: whiche wordes onely make the estate of inherytaunce / in all
feffementes and grauntes”
Sir Thomas Littleton, "Treatise on Tenures", late 15th century
With apologies to the gentleman originally interested in weather statistics (and their application to designing one’s wardrobe), as well as to fellow members I managed to bore with the off-topic debate to which I have unintendedly given rise,
Costi
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Not boring at all, Costi. And related to dress, in an indirect way, as both our appearance and our words communicate something to others.
Just to clarify for anyone else interested: "feud" is no false friend, just a rare one in English: it can mean precisely what Costi intended, though its employment in English is rare outside legal writing.
RWS
Just to clarify for anyone else interested: "feud" is no false friend, just a rare one in English: it can mean precisely what Costi intended, though its employment in English is rare outside legal writing.
RWS
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Back to the issue of wardrobe and climate. After wearing a suit and tie in hot muggy suffocating weather, I'm all for the lightweight suits. And all year round. In cold weather, you can easily layer on a sweaters or overcoat to keep warm and if you're stuck in an overheated office, house or department store for any length of time, it's easy to strip off the layers and regain some level of comfort.
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