Moleskin - Revision history

PeterWilson at 19:49, 19 July 2017

2017-07-19T19:49:48Z

PeterWilson at 09:31, 2 October 2015

2015-10-02T09:31:58Z

PeterWilson: New page: Do not confuse '''moleskin''' with '''moleskine'''. *'''Moleskin''' is a fabric (earlier, furs taken from moles, the common underground mammal). Artificial 'Moleskin' is woven from cot...

2010-12-03T14:17:48Z

New page: Do not confuse '''moleskin''' with '''moleskine'''. *'''Moleskin''' is a fabric (earlier, furs taken from moles, the common underground mammal). Artificial 'Moleskin' is woven from cot...

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Do not confuse '''moleskin''' with '''moleskine'''.
*'''Moleskin''' is a fabric (earlier, furs taken from [[mole]]s, the common underground mammal). Artificial 'Moleskin' is woven from cotton. It has a fine pile which is sheared to give a tight fabric. It was formerly used to make protective garments for manual work: agricultural labourers and coal-miners used often to wear '''moleskins''', specifically trousers, for their hard-wearing properties and their ability to shed dry dirt.
*'''Moleskine''', with a final '-e', is the proprietary name of a brand of notebook manufactured in Italy. Hence the name should be pronounced 'moll-ess-KEEN-eh' ({{IPA|mÉ’l esk ËˆiËn e}}) - but to pronounce it like this in the [[UK]] is to risk being thought [[affect]]ed. The common pronunciation here is like that of the fabric (and animal fur): 'MOAL-skin', {{IPA|mÉ™ÊŠl skÉªn}}.

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 Do not confuse '''moleskin''' with '''moleskine'''.
 *'''Moleskin''' is a fabric (earlier, furs taken from [[mole]]s, the common underground mammal). Artificial 'Moleskin' is woven from cotton. It has a fine pile which is sheared to give a tight fabric. It was formerly used to make protective garments for manual work: agricultural labourers and coal-miners used often to wear '''moleskins''', specifically trousers, for their hard-wearing properties and their ability to shed dry dirt.
-*'''Moleskine''', with a final '-e', is the proprietary name of a brand of notebook manufactured in Italy. Hence the name should be pronounced 'moll-ess-KEEN-eh' ({{IPA|mÉ’l esk ËˆiËn e}}) - but to pronounce it like this in the [[UK]] is to risk being thought [[affect]]ed. The common pronunciation here is like that of the fabric (and animal fur): 'MOAL-skin', {{IPA|mÉ™ÊŠl skÉªn}}.
+*'''Moleskine''', with a final '-e', is the proprietary name of a brand of notebook manufactured in Italy. Hence the name should be pronounced 'moll-ess-KEEN-eh' ({{IPA|mol  ɛs ˈkiː ne}}) - but to pronounce it like this in the [[UK]] is to risk being thought [[affect]]ed. The common pronunciation here is like that of the fabric (and animal fur): 'MOAL-skin', {{IPA|ˈməʊl skɪn}}.
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