Personally, I think it would be tacky to wear diamonds before I’m 40. "Tacky" is a useful adjective which means without style or good taste. The lady feels diamonds are tacky for her. :: Oh, I think they’re divine on older women, but they’re not right for me. "Divine" means magnificent, perfect or heavenly (A "divinity" is a God). A dated word, but some rich people still like to use it. In all fairness, I ought to explain that there’s a secondary problem. "In all fairness" is a stylish way of saying to be fair. "Secondary" means second in importance, compared to something else. We can only afford to spend a limited amount. To be able to "afford" to do something is to have the money to do it. $10? :: That was the outside figure, yes. An "outside figure" is the absolute highest number possible. Frankly, within that price range, the variety of merchandise is rather limited. A person’s "price range" is the amount between the highest and lowest that they are willing to spend. "Merchandise" is another word for goods or products, from food to furniture. As a novelty, you understand. For the lady and gentleman who has everything, a sterling silver telephone dialer. A "novelty item" is a product that is intentionally seen as joke, or something silly. "Sterling" is a type of silver metal. Note that in the days before push-button phones, you had to "dial" a number. We could have something engraved, couldn’t we? "To engrave" a piece of jewelry is to have a special letter or name cut into it, in order to make it more personal. This, I take it, was not purchased at Tiffany’s. In this case, "I take it" is another way of saying "I presume." "To purchase" something is to buy it. Actually, it was purchased concurrent...actually, it came inside a box of crackerjacks. An interesting word that means "at the same time of…" It gives one a feeling of solidarity, of continuity with the past, that sort of thing. "Solidarity" refers to an emotional or practical closeness among a group of people. If something shows "continuity with the past," it acts to show consistency or stability between the past and present. They wouldn’t feel it’s beneath them, or anything like that? If a person feels "it’s beneath them" to do something, they feel they have too much dignity to do it (Snobby people won’t wash the dishes or other types of manual labor because they think its beneath them). I think you’d find Tiffany’s is very understanding. In this context, another way of saying sensitive or cooperative. If you tell me what initials you’d like, we could have something for you ready in the morning. Your "initials" are the first letters of your first and last name. Didn’t I tell you this was a lovely place? A British word for pretty or very pleasant, and sti
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