Is it Westfalian or Westphalian?

Grin,

Mr. BZ-or Beezee

On Sep 12, 2008, at 2:38 PM, Don Hanson wrote:

> My S.O. coined that word yesterday as she handed me a little rug
> she just
> found at an IKEA store.
>
>   She's been laughingly approving of my 84 Faux-Westie van since I
> began
> using it to replace my diesel-guzzling Powerstroke Ford and Alaskan
> camper
> combo.  My van has pretty nice seats, brown captains chairs, but my
> Chesapeake retriever and our barn cat really seem to like that soft
> velour
> like upholstery, so I try to keep the passenger side, at least,
> covered up
> from wet pets, etc.  Usually, it's an old Mexican blanket, folded
> up, or
> sometimes a Pendleton wool throw blanket that matches my dog's
> hair..She
> always has to take the 'seat cover' off to sit in the right seat,
> to avoid
> dog hair and stickers, etc etc.
>
>   On a rare trip to town (Portland, Or.) she went into that store,
> for some
> reason..and came home with this small 'rag-weave' throw rug, just
> right to
> lay across the passenger seat.  "Here, dear" she said, "For you.  I
> saw this
> and it was so "westphalian" that I just HAD to get it for your van"
>
>   Anyone else want to point out other examples of very
> "Westphalian" stuff?
> I have a few more examples:  Those small three legged stools..mine are
> Mexican with tooled leather seats.  My rear seat upholstery..Never
> seen that
> pattern of multi-colored blocks on brown background elsewhere but in
> Westies...Ummm, that distinctive sound that the slider makes when
> being
> slammed closed...I can hear one of "us" for half a mile in a
> campsite.. Tie
> dyed curtains? Probably more "splitty-specialized"
>
>   anyhow, I liked the word.
>  Don Hanson