I''m going to be a Mrs!!

[sleeping beauty]

i love the 3 stone look. lovely ring.. Congrats

 

[diamondseeker2006]

Beautiful ring! And congratulations on your engagement!!!

 

[anchor31]

Aw... Your story is so sweet! That ring is so yummy... Congrats!

 

[erica k]

un petit lecon francais:

fiance (with an accent on the e) is masuline
fiancee (with accent still on the second to last e) is feminine

generally when you add an ''e'' to a noun, it switches the gender to female. as with many languages, words are gendered in french, even if they don''t correspond to a specific male or female person. of course, you can''t just add an ''e'' to any word to make it feminine. many words are gender fixed. for instance: night = la nuit (feminine), day = le jour (masculine).
but when describing a person or animal: americain (masc.) v. americaine (fem.)

sorry, that was a bit random. i hope this doesn''t come off as overly didactic. the english language borrows so much from other cultures (and there''s nothing wrong with the americanization of their pronunciation), but it doesn''t hurt to know a little more about appropriated words that are so frequently used.

i do, however, get peeved about commonly misspelled words: their v. there especially.
having been in school for the past 20 years (nearing the end of my 4th year of grad school), these things are bound to annoy after awhile, i guess!

 

[aljdewey]

VERY beautiful set - sleek clean lines and stunning!

Congratulations.

 

[hikerchick]

Wow, how did I miss your story and the ring, gorgeous, Zoe . . .
I love your engagement story too . . . very romantic.

 

[zoebartlett]

Date: 5/12/2007 3:01:51 PM
Author: erica k
un petit lecon francais:

fiance (with an accent on the e) is masuline
fiancee (with accent still on the second to last e) is feminine

generally when you add an ''e'' to a noun, it switches the gender to female. as with many languages, words are gendered in french, even if they don''t correspond to a specific male or female person. of course, you can''t just add an ''e'' to any word to make it feminine. many words are gender fixed. for instance: night = la nuit (feminine), day = le jour (masculine).
but when describing a person or animal: americain (masc.) v. americaine (fem.)

sorry, that was a bit random. i hope this doesn''t come off as overly didactic. the english language borrows so much from other cultures (and there''s nothing wrong with the americanization of their pronunciation), but it doesn''t hurt to know a little more about appropriated words that are so frequently used.

i do, however, get peeved about commonly misspelled words: their v. there especially.
having been in school for the past 20 years (nearing the end of my 4th year of grad school), these things are bound to annoy after awhile, i guess!

Thanks Erica! I do too. Thanks for the explanation!

 

[zoebartlett]

Thanks gals! My hand and wrist have begun to hurt from constantly tilting my wrist upwards to get a good view of the ring.

Also, did I mention that I got stopped on the way to work last week? My hand was propped up on the steering wheel (for optimal viewing!) and I guess I wasn''t really paying attention to the speed. I was stopped and let go without a ticket. I waved my left hand at him as I thanked him. He must have been wondering why I was doing that. It was funny and it made me chuckle as I continued on my way.

Thanks again for all the wonderful compliments!

 

[Mandarine]

wow that''s so pretty!!!!!!!!!!!!!

COngratulations Zoe!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!