<html><BR>Ranjit, Do they look or sound different from vertical corduroy? Linda<BR>---------- Original Message ----------<BR>From: Ranjit Bhatnagar <ranjit@moonmilk.com><BR>To: fictionary <fictionary@swarpa.net><BR>Subject: Re: [Fictionary] Selcouth Results<BR>Date: Sun, 29 Dec 2013 10:14:15 -0800<BR><BR>My parents just gave me some corduroy pants where the cords run horizontally around the pants instead of up and down. I said<SPAN></SPAN> that it must have been very expensive to set up a production line to weave horizontal corduroy, but nobody appreciated my joke. <BR><BR>On Monday, September 16, 2013, Fran Poodry wrote:<BR>
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<DIV dir=ltr>Corduroy and similar fabrics do have directionality, called "nap." Rub your hand one direction along (not across) the cords and they seem to smooth down a bit, rub the other way and they fluff up a bit. It is similar to (but less dramatic than) rubbing a cat "the wrong way" and making its fur stand up, or rubbing a cat the way its hair naturally goes.
<DIV>This is observable on velvet and even suede. But not so much on "crushed velvet" in which the nap is all smooshed down willy-nilly for a different visual effect.</DIV>
<DIV>-Fran<BR>
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<DIV class=gmail_quote>On Mon, Sep 16, 2013 at 8:04 AM, Nicolas Ward <SPAN dir=ltr><<A href="disabledscript:_e({}, 'cvml', 'ultranurd@gmail.com');" target=_blank>ultranurd@gmail.com</A>></SPAN> wrote:<BR>
<BLOCKQUOTE style="BORDER-LEFT: #ccc 1px solid; MARGIN: 0px 0px 0px 0.8ex; PADDING-LEFT: 1ex" class=gmail_quote><BR>Ranjit (3 + 0)<BR><BR>selcouth, n. A corded velveteen fabric distinguished from corduroy in<BR>that the cords run from bottom to top rather than top to bottom.<BR><BR>Elliot 2 "Are cords in corduroy *signed*? I had no idea. Inspired by SILK?"<BR>Jim 1<BR><BR>Hutch: "I'm pretty sure that corduroy doesn't have any 'directionality' to it?"<BR>Pierre: "Turnabout is fair play."<BR><BR></BLOCKQUOTE></DIV></DIV></DIV></DIV></BLOCKQUOTE></html>
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