On Sun, 18 Apr 1999, Huw Davies wrote:
> Well I was at an American run management course last year in Newcastle. One
> of the (male) attendees made the comment that he was cold and that he was
> going to get a jumper. This caused a hysterical reaction by one of the
> female presenters - apparently from her part of the USA a jumper is a dress!
Farzino, a "jumper" is a dress anywhere in the US, specifically a
dress of a style rarely worn once puberty kicks in. Possibly the
standardisation of that nomenclature resulted from the fact that
that's what was used in the old Sears-Roebuck catalogs that were
distributed nationwide.
--
Ward Griffiths
"the timid die just like the daring; and if you don't take the plunge then
you'll just take the fall" Michael Longcor
Received on Sun Apr 18 1999 - 03:10:15 BST