On Thu, 7 Apr 2005 20:29:10 -0400, Tamara wrote: >Brits (the Lace Guild) neatly managed to avoid the "nationality trap" >though, IMO, the end result is also a bit ambivalent and a bit >"grandiose", suggesting there's but *the* Lace Guild, and no need to >define which country it's in.
There is possibly another reason for the lack of a country in the name. The obvious candidate is "British Lace Guild". However in UK there were and still are some legal restrictions placed on the use of the word "British" (or UK) in names of organisations. At the time it started the Lace Guild would have been unlikely to obtain permission to use "British" because it was then too small. I suspect that the founders decided it was a bureaucratic problem they should simply avoid by not putting a country in the name. -- A man's garden and his character both reflect the weeding done during the growing season. Steph Peters, Manchester, England [EMAIL PROTECTED] Scanned by WinProxy http://www.Ositis.com/ - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
