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kerstin



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PostPosted: Wed Apr 04, 2007 8:30 pm    Post subject: confusing words Reply with quote

Her life was *jumbled *or *jumbled up*.?

old-victorian style=retro style?
And what type of stuff would you describe as old-victorian ?

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PostPosted: Sun Apr 08, 2007 8:42 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Jumbled and jumbled up and jumbled together mean all mixed up together in a hopeless mess. She could have a jumbled life, with a house full of furniture and clothing and rubbish all jumbled up together, and with thoughts jumbled thinking processes, and so on.

Queen Victoria was Queen of England from 1837 to 1901, the longest reign of any British monarch. The world changed a lot during that time, so many things could be called Victorian or from the Victorian age / era. There is a Wikipedia entry for the Victoria era -- of course!:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Victorian_era

There are links there to other Victorian topics, as well. These should help answer the question about old Victorian style whatever.
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