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- Date: Thu, 28 Jan 1993 06:01:32 CST
- Sender: English Language Discussion Group <WORDS-L@uga.cc.uga.edu>
- From: Natalie Maynor <maynor@RA.MSSTATE.EDU>
- Subject: Re: Thanks for the words
- Comments: To: WORDS-L@uga.cc.uga.edu
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- > Olde Englishe name is Harminc), so it doesn't count. Is US jumper related
- > to US jump suit ? And where does jump suit come from
-
- I thought about that when I was asking the question yesterday. I don't
- know of a connection between "jumper" and "jump suit" except that they're
- both items of clothing. I assume that "jump suit" is a self-explaining
- compound: a suit used when jumping out of planes?
-
- > but it's for jumping out of planes in. The female outfit is similarly
- > constructed, but most wearers don't jump in them.
-
- Doesn't "jumper" as a type of dress pre-date "jump suit"? And I'm not
- sure I would say that a jumper is similarly constructed. (Nor would I
- limit the "most wearers don't jump in them" to jumpers. Or at least I
- wouldn't have a few years ago when men were running around everywhere
- wearing cotton "jump suits" -- a ridiculous-looking garment IMHO.)
- --Natalie (maynor@ra.msstate.edu)
-