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Post by gmcwife1 on Jul 14, 2015 18:02:34 GMT
I couldn't find this on the general scrapbooking board in either the scrapbooking or card section so I'll answer here I would get it especially given the recipients and the photo that is with it.
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Post by lesley on Jul 14, 2015 18:42:23 GMT
I understand it just fine, but I'm not sure why you're using a graduation photo?
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Post by penny on Jul 14, 2015 18:54:55 GMT
Add me to the group who thinks harken back is more common. The word hark makes me thinks of the sound when a cat has a hairball. HARK. HARRRRRK. I'm sure that's helpful. Bahahahaha
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Post by penny on Jul 14, 2015 18:57:02 GMT
Around here, "harken back" is the more common/recognized phrasing... Not idea if it's grammatically correct, but I'd get it on a card with an old photo What's that "harken back to days of yore" thing I've now got stuck in my head? "Not idea"... In case there was any doubt that I'm not the go to person for grammar...lol That one is all on autocorrect though...lol
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Post by oldcrow on Jul 14, 2015 19:36:01 GMT
PLurker I would be so afraid that someone would read the hark as hork like I did while skimming the post. And I am an old word user too so the hark did not throw me once I recognized it for what it is.
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Post by ingrid6 on Jul 14, 2015 20:12:50 GMT
Not that it's any of my business and I'm not trying to sound funny but curious why an old graduation picture for a Christmas card? That being said, I like Harken Back better than Hark Back (Hark Back sounds harsh to me - not sure why). I don't care for the hyphen. I think it's really sweet that you're making them for your mom and btw, you're really on top of things doing this in July! I'm impressed!
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Post by PLurker on Jul 14, 2015 20:28:34 GMT
Not that it's any of my business and I'm not trying to sound funny but curious why an old graduation picture for a Christmas card? That being said, I like Harken Back better than Hark Back (Hark Back sounds harsh to me - not sure why). I don't care for the hyphen. I think it's really sweet that you're making them for your mom and btw, you're really on top of things doing this in July! I'm impressed! I guess I should just call it an old photo. It's actually her senior picture, no cap and gown etc. Just a classy looking old B/W of her. As for being on top of things, they are not done yet... but actually think this is one project I will stick through to get done by summers end. It's for Mom and she can take her time to write them. oldcrow I have to admit I had to google "hork". Not at all interchangeable with "hark'! As I've thought about this, I wondered how come I use these older words sometimes. I'm come to realize, maybe it is because of my mother. Maybe, just maybe, I actually listened to her growing up. When she wasn't looking of course. Could never admit that! Maybe it would be one reason to go ahead with it. And her "kin folk" back home tend to talk more that way- way old school!
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Post by PLurker on Jul 14, 2015 20:35:12 GMT
Add me to the group who thinks harken back is more common. The word hark makes me thinks of the sound when a cat has a hairball. HARK. HARRRRRK. I'm sure that's helpful. Ok, that made me LOL. Literally. And snort. But, hey, she had many pet kitties in her day....
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Post by lucyg on Jul 14, 2015 21:32:49 GMT
Just for the record, since several people have questioned it ... I have no problem with your mom sending out Christmas cards with her old picture in them. I think it's sweet, and more interesting than some people's holiday cards. Plus it's better than my mom, who once sent out Christmas cards with a picture of rocks.
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Post by PLurker on Jul 14, 2015 23:20:00 GMT
Just for the record, since several people have questioned it ... I have no problem with your mom sending out Christmas cards with her old picture in them. I think it's sweet, and more interesting than some people's holiday cards. Plus it's better than my mom, who once sent out Christmas cards with a picture of rocks. If it was with Charlie Brown ala "I got a rock." I could forgive her.
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Post by k8smom on Jul 14, 2015 23:31:05 GMT
I didn't get it at all but probably if I received it and had it in front of me, I would.
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Post by lucyg on Jul 15, 2015 0:52:53 GMT
Just for the record, since several people have questioned it ... I have no problem with your mom sending out Christmas cards with her old picture in them. I think it's sweet, and more interesting than some people's holiday cards. Plus it's better than my mom, who once sent out Christmas cards with a picture of rocks. If it was with Charlie Brown ala "I got a rock." I could forgive her. LOL! It was the year they moved to the countryside outside Santa Fe, NM and it was a picture of the hills out back of their home, with lots of stupid rocks in the foreground (Sangre de Cristo mountains in the background). The text said Our Land! We made fun of them but they were happy.
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Post by oldcrow on Jul 15, 2015 0:56:08 GMT
Not that it's any of my business and I'm not trying to sound funny but curious why an old graduation picture for a Christmas card? That being said, I like Harken Back better than Hark Back (Hark Back sounds harsh to me - not sure why). I don't care for the hyphen. I think it's really sweet that you're making them for your mom and btw, you're really on top of things doing this in July! I'm impressed! I guess I should just call it an old photo. It's actually her senior picture, no cap and gown etc. Just a classy looking old B/W of her. As for being on top of things, they are not done yet... but actually think this is one project I will stick through to get done by summers end. It's for Mom and she can take her time to write them. oldcrow I have to admit I had to google "hork". Not at all interchangeable with "hark'! As I've thought about this, I wondered how come I use these older words sometimes. I'm come to realize, maybe it is because of my mother. Maybe, just maybe, I actually listened to her growing up. When she wasn't looking of course. Could never admit that! Maybe it would be one reason to go ahead with it. And her "kin folk" back home tend to talk more that way- way old school! Perhaps you're a wee bit fey.
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Post by katiekaty on Jul 15, 2015 0:58:35 GMT
I don't care for the phrase and wouldn't use. Awkward and pretentious sounding even if the folks receiving the card get it, which I doubt. I do like the Nostalgic Holidays
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Post by RiverIsis on Jul 15, 2015 1:04:12 GMT
Flashback Friday?! Holiday Edition.
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Post by dald222 on Jul 16, 2015 11:21:43 GMT
how about...travel back in time.....or flashbacks of the past.......you could add the word festive or holiday or joyful
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Post by peasapie on Jul 16, 2015 11:44:59 GMT
I think that if you use an old photo of your mom, you have to say something clever that shows why you're using it. Hark back doesn't do enough in that regard, so it would leave me confused. (And it's definitely not hyphenated because it's not modifying anything.).
Maybe: From then til now... or Always and forever...
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Post by MerryMom on Jul 16, 2015 12:32:57 GMT
Other than "Hark, the Herald Angels sing...", I have never heard anyone use the word "hark". Also, "hark back" sounds like someone is hacking up a mucus ball. Sounds too much like "hack it up".
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