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   Ardith Hinton - Dallas Hinton:   
      
   >            Also being pedantic, I think of the businessman in   
   > London who never opens his neatly furled umbrella because it   
   > would require so much time & effort to restore the thing to its   
   > original condition whereas many people around these parts don't   
   > seem to bother trying.   
      
   Being one of such men, I know what you mean. Luckily, my father   
   taught me to furl an umbrella nice and tidy in a jiffy, so now I   
   feel a quiet superiority over people I meet with poorly furled   
   umbrellas. Come! Even clerks in fashion boutiques can't furl them   
   as well as I do!   
      
   > The examples in my GAGE CANADIAN DICTIONARY suggest to me that   
   > "furl" is more formal, because they pertain to flags & sails as   
   > well... and there are prescribed rituals associated with all of   
   > the above.   
      
   Thanks. That is the feeling I received from the sound of the word.   
      
   >   
   >             Since I'm not familiar with the rituals involving   
   > flags & sails but I am the sort of person who enjoys reading   
   > dictionaries in order to get down to the nitty gritty, I see that   
   > my CANADIAN OXFORD defines "furl" as meaning "roll up and   
   > secure".   
      
   Does really "roll up" an umbrealla?   
      
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