Comments for Ruination & Despair http://www.archelaus-cards.com/blog Archelaus takes a relentlessly upbeat look at operating a small greeting card business in Washington, DC. Sun, 18 Jul 2010 23:45:15 -0700 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 Comment on Archelaus insinuates itself into eastern Pennsylvania! by Customer Service Minion #2 http://www.archelaus-cards.com/blog/2010/06/07/archelaus-insinuates-itself-into-eastern-pennsylvania/comment-page-1/#comment-6462 Customer Service Minion #2 Sun, 18 Jul 2010 23:45:15 +0000 http://www.archelaus-cards.com/blog/?p=1301#comment-6462 Thanks! We are of course delighted at this outcome. Your order will be on its way to you first thing tomorrow morning. Thanks! We are of course delighted at this outcome. Your order will be on its way to you first thing tomorrow morning.

]]> Comment on Archelaus insinuates itself into eastern Pennsylvania! by Laura jane http://www.archelaus-cards.com/blog/2010/06/07/archelaus-insinuates-itself-into-eastern-pennsylvania/comment-page-1/#comment-6461 Laura jane Sun, 18 Jul 2010 21:45:09 +0000 http://www.archelaus-cards.com/blog/?p=1301#comment-6461 I was pleased to find your wares at Pages...Some of the finest cards I have stumbled upon in ages...The cards from Pages convinced me to promptly purchase more from your website!!! They are wondrous strange and patently perfect for my Friends and Family-x I was pleased to find your wares at Pages…Some of the finest cards I have stumbled upon in ages…The cards from Pages convinced me to promptly purchase more from your website!!!
They are wondrous strange and patently perfect for my Friends and Family-x

]]> Comment on Does it pay to advertise? Archelaus means to find out! by Kat http://www.archelaus-cards.com/blog/2010/07/06/does-it-pay-to-advertise-archelaus-means-to-find-out/comment-page-1/#comment-6354 Kat Sat, 10 Jul 2010 14:59:57 +0000 http://www.archelaus-cards.com/blog/?p=1331#comment-6354 Half the money I spend on advertising is wasted; the trouble is I don't know which half. -John Wanamaker Half the money I spend on advertising is wasted; the trouble is I don’t know which half. -John Wanamaker

]]> Comment on Archelaus returns to the west coast! by Karla http://www.archelaus-cards.com/blog/2010/06/10/archelaus-returns-to-the-west-coast/comment-page-1/#comment-6172 Karla Fri, 11 Jun 2010 14:17:05 +0000 http://www.archelaus-cards.com/blog/?p=1305#comment-6172 University Press Books is a very fine store! University Press Books is a very fine store!

]]> Comment on Dr. Hurlbutt proposes food names for your baby by Dr, Allardyce Hurlbutt http://www.archelaus-cards.com/blog/2009/11/20/dr-hurlbutt-proposes-food-names-for-your-baby/comment-page-1/#comment-6163 Dr, Allardyce Hurlbutt Wed, 09 Jun 2010 16:52:31 +0000 http://www.archelaus-cards.com/blog/?p=1096#comment-6163 There are also a few instances of Madeira (16). In addition to being a type of fortified wine, Madeira is also the name of the Portuguese island on which it is produced, so it is unclear whether parents giving the name had enology or geography in mind. There are also a few instances of Madeira (16). In addition to being a type of fortified wine, Madeira is also the name of the Portuguese island on which it is produced, so it is unclear whether parents giving the name had enology or geography in mind.

]]> Comment on Dr. Hurlbutt ponders a peculiar suffix by Dr, Allardyce Hurlbutt http://www.archelaus-cards.com/blog/2009/02/09/dr-hurlbutt-ponders-a-peculiar-suffix/comment-page-1/#comment-6161 Dr, Allardyce Hurlbutt Wed, 09 Jun 2010 16:21:31 +0000 http://www.archelaus-cards.com/blog/?p=272#comment-6161 <i>Easterling</i> [1534] is an archaic word for someone from the East. It was most often used specifically for German merchants of the Hanseatic League but could also be more generic and was sometimes even used to mean members of the Eastern Church. The OED rejects the theory that <i>sterling</i> [1297] derives from <i>Easterling.</i> It describes the word as being of "uncertain origin" but suggests that the "most plausible explanation is that it represents a late O[ld]E[nglish] <i>*steorling,</i> 'coin with a star' (f. <i>steorra</i> star), some of the early Norman pennies having on them a small star." Easterling [1534] is an archaic word for someone from the East. It was most often used specifically for German merchants of the Hanseatic League but could also be more generic and was sometimes even used to mean members of the Eastern Church.

The OED rejects the theory that sterling [1297] derives from Easterling. It describes the word as being of “uncertain origin” but suggests that the “most plausible explanation is that it represents a late O[ld]E[nglish] *steorling, ‘coin with a star’ (f. steorra star), some of the early Norman pennies having on them a small star.”

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