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- Date: Thu, 28 Jan 1993 16:20:20 +1100
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- Subject: Re: Thanks for the words
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- >In case we have any lurkers or newbies looking for discussion of words,
- >here's one. It's well known that Brits and (apparently) Aussies think
- >that jumpers are sweaters, whereas we in the U.S. know that jumpers are
- >dresses worn over jerseys or blouses.
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- Pinafore dresses are jumpers in the US? A jumper is not the same thing as a
- sweater here..... jumpers are made out of wool or wool blends. Sweaters are
- made out of cotton or polyester materials.
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- >(I'm not sure about Canadian use
- >of the term. Tony? Peter?) My question is this. I understand how the
- >Anglos who came to this country confused things by using existing words
- >like "corn" and "robin" for slightly different flora and fauna, but how
- >did "jumper" get changed? Is it because both are sort of outer-type
- >garments? That seems a tenuous connection.
- > --Natalie (maynor@ra.msstate.edu)
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- Would it help to know that the nickname for sheep is 'woolly jumpers' here?
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- Carolyn
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