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| From | Snidely <snidely.too@gmail.com> |
|---|---|
| Newsgroups | alt.usage.english |
| Subject | Re: floarboard |
| Date | 2026-10-09 15:37 -0700 |
| Organization | Dis One |
| Message-ID | <mn.4ba67eaad09fbecc.127094@snitoo> (permalink) |
| References | (6 earlier) <z6ZxS.12226$wun8.6795@fx13.ams4> <1s2pio6.100806v1lgomy6N%nospam@de-ster.demon.nl> <ru2iclhauppvilm3gujmqasori1qtshhj5@4ax.com> <1s2qc6f.lbzxo71lwg9b0N%nospam@de-ster.demon.nl> <3zdyS.747$9KSe.77@fx12.ams1> |
Just this Friday, Sam Plusnet explained that ...
> On 09/10/2026 19:54, J. J. Lodder wrote:
>> Rich Ulrich <rich.ulrich@comcast.net> wrote:
>>
>>> On Fri, 9 Oct 2026 12:57:05 +0200, nospam@de-ster.demon.nl (J. J.
>>> Lodder) wrote:
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>> You seen to think that the corset was a female garment.
>>>> As a matter of historical fact men wore corsets too.
>>>> Just to present a manly posture, or to keep in the belly,
>>>> or worse, the embonpoint. Or for appearing more dandyish.
>>>>
>>>> The fashion for corsets for both males and females mostly ended
>>>> around the beginning of the 20th century,
>>>>
>>>
>>> As recently as yesterday -- TV ads show something remarkably
>>> similar to corsets, in shape and apparent function. They are
>>> elasticised, and advertised for relief of lower-back pain.
>>
>> Or called a back brace, and advertised for weightlifters, body builders,
>> and like fools.
>>
>>> Maybe they are not as tight? Maybe they distribute pressure
>>> differently?
>>
>> Supposedly they help with distributing pressures over the spine.
>> (not the purpose of the original corsets)
>>
>> Looking at the covers of the Flashman novels for painted evidence
>> it seems quite likely that he wore one.
>> Of course the documented text of his adventure will never admit this.
>> Corsets in there are exclusively for ladies to be gotten out off,
>
> George MacDonald Fraser put a lot of work into getting the historical details
> right - but I don't know if, whoever did the dust jacket artwork, was as
> painstaking.
Give those commas back to Janet!
-d
--
"I tried to be open-minded once. It interfered with my sense of
humor."
-- Bucky, _Get Fuzzy_ by Darby Conley
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floarboard Snidely <snidely.too@gmail.com> - 2026-10-07 20:09 -0700
Re: floarboard occam <occam@nowhere.nix> - 2026-10-08 09:10 +0200
Re: floarboard Aidan Kehoe <kehoea@parhasard.net> - 2026-10-08 09:37 +0100
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Re: floarboard Snidely <snidely.too@gmail.com> - 2026-10-08 03:06 -0700
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Re: floarboard Radey Shouman <shouman@comcast.net> - 2026-10-08 13:55 -0400
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Re: floarboard "Kerr-Mudd, John" <admin@127.0.0.1> - 2026-10-09 19:15 +0100
Re: floarboard Snidely <snidely.too@gmail.com> - 2026-10-08 19:43 -0700
Re: floarboard Johann 'Myrkraverk' Oskarsson <johann@myrkraverk.invalid> - 2026-10-09 11:23 +0800
Re: floarboard Snidely <snidely.too@gmail.com> - 2026-10-08 21:49 -0700
Re: floarboard Johann 'Myrkraverk' Oskarsson <johann@myrkraverk.invalid> - 2026-10-09 15:48 +0800
Re: floarboard nospam@de-ster.demon.nl (J. J. Lodder) - 2026-10-09 12:57 +0200
Re: floarboard Johann 'Myrkraverk' Oskarsson <johann@myrkraverk.invalid> - 2026-10-09 21:14 +0800
Re: floarboard Peter Moylan <peter@pmoylan.org> - 2026-10-10 10:07 +1100
Re: floarboard Sam Plusnet <not@home.com> - 2026-10-10 22:30 +0100
Re: floarboard Johann 'Myrkraverk' Oskarsson <johann@myrkraverk.invalid> - 2026-10-11 05:41 +0800
Re: floarboard nospam@de-ster.demon.nl (J. J. Lodder) - 2026-10-11 12:35 +0200
Re: floarboard Sam Plusnet <not@home.com> - 2026-10-11 19:53 +0100
Re: floarboard "Kerr-Mudd, John" <admin@127.0.0.1> - 2026-10-11 20:09 +0100
Re: floarboard Ross Clark <benlizro@ihug.co.nz> - 2026-10-12 08:57 +1300
Re: floarboard nospam@de-ster.demon.nl (J. J. Lodder) - 2026-10-12 20:43 +0200
Re: floarboard Sam Plusnet <not@home.com> - 2026-10-13 02:27 +0100
Re: floarboard Tony Cooper <tonycooper214@gmail.com> - 2026-10-12 23:50 -0400
Re: floarboard nospam@de-ster.demon.nl (J. J. Lodder) - 2026-10-13 13:55 +0200
Re: floarboard nospam@de-ster.demon.nl (J. J. Lodder) - 2026-10-13 13:55 +0200
Re: floarboard richard@cogsci.ed.ac.uk (Richard Tobin) - 2026-10-13 16:02 +0000
Re: floarboard Bertel Lund Hansen <rundtosset@lundhansen.dk> - 2026-10-13 18:19 +0200
Re: floarboard nospam@de-ster.demon.nl (J. J. Lodder) - 2026-10-13 22:57 +0200
Re: floarboard Sam Plusnet <not@home.com> - 2026-10-14 02:12 +0100
Re: floarboard nospam@de-ster.demon.nl (J. J. Lodder) - 2026-10-14 15:32 +0200
Re: floarboard athel.cb@gmail.com <user12588@newsgrouper.org.invalid> - 2026-10-14 17:32 +0000
Re: floarboard Steve Hayes <hayesstw@telkomsa.net> - 2026-10-15 06:58 +0200
Re: floarboard athel.cb@gmail.com <user12588@newsgrouper.org.invalid> - 2026-10-14 17:35 +0000
Re: floarboard "Kerr-Mudd, John" <admin@127.0.0.1> - 2026-10-14 19:52 +0100
Re: floarboard Sam Plusnet <not@home.com> - 2026-10-15 00:13 +0100
Re: floarboard athel.cb@gmail.com <user12588@newsgrouper.org.invalid> - 2026-10-09 13:30 +0000
Re: floarboard Rich Ulrich <rich.ulrich@comcast.net> - 2026-10-09 11:51 -0400
Re: floarboard John Dunlop <dunlop.john@ymail.com> - 2026-10-09 17:08 +0100
Re: floarboard nospam@de-ster.demon.nl (J. J. Lodder) - 2026-10-09 20:54 +0200
Re: floarboard Sam Plusnet <not@home.com> - 2026-10-09 23:05 +0100
Re: floarboard Snidely <snidely.too@gmail.com> - 2026-10-09 15:37 -0700
Re: floarboard Sam Plusnet <not@home.com> - 2026-10-10 22:29 +0100
Re: floarboard Janet <nobody@home.com> - 2026-10-11 13:13 +0100
Re: floarboard nospam@de-ster.demon.nl (J. J. Lodder) - 2026-10-10 21:21 +0200
Re: floarboard "Kerr-Mudd, John" <admin@127.0.0.1> - 2026-10-09 19:18 +0100
Re: floarboard athel.cb@gmail.com <user12588@newsgrouper.org.invalid> - 2026-10-09 07:25 +0000
Re: floarboard Snidely <snidely.too@gmail.com> - 2026-10-08 03:02 -0700
Re: floarboard Phil <phil@anonymous.invalid> - 2026-10-08 09:32 +0100
Re: floarboard occam <occam@nowhere.nix> - 2026-10-08 11:36 +0200
Re: floarboard Peter Moylan <peter@pmoylan.org> - 2026-10-08 22:43 +1100
Re: floarboard richard@cogsci.ed.ac.uk (Richard Tobin) - 2026-10-08 09:35 +0000
Re: floarboard occam <occam@nowhere.nix> - 2026-10-08 11:50 +0200
Re: floarboard richard@cogsci.ed.ac.uk (Richard Tobin) - 2026-10-08 10:22 +0000
Re: floarboard HVS <office@REMOVETHISwhhvs.co.uk> - 2026-10-08 15:06 +0100
Re: floarboard occam <occam@nowhere.nix> - 2026-10-09 08:24 +0200
Re: floarboard HVS <office@REMOVETHISwhhvs.co.uk> - 2026-10-09 15:17 +0100
Re: floarboard Snidely <snidely.too@gmail.com> - 2026-10-08 21:48 -0700
Re: floarboard nospam@de-ster.demon.nl (J. J. Lodder) - 2026-10-09 20:54 +0200
Re: floarboard guido wugi <wugi@brol.invalid> - 2026-10-14 16:28 +0200
Re: floarboard Madhu <enometh@meer.net> - 2026-10-16 17:25 +0530
Re: floarboard wugi <wugi@brol.invalid> - 2026-10-17 11:34 +0200
[Late arrival] Re: floarboard occam <occam@nowhere.nix> - 2026-10-15 09:26 +0200
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