OT: City Names

From: Geoff Roberts <geoffrob_at_stmarks.pp.catholic.edu.au>
Date: Sat Apr 17 18:51:01 1999

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From: Ward D. Griffiths III <gram_at_cnct.com>
To: Discussion re-collecting of classic computers
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Sent: Sunday, April 18, 1999 5:40 PM
Subject: Re: OT: City Names


> 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.

So a "jumper" (Aus-speak) is a, um, uh, "pullover" in (US-speak)?

Old joke:-
Q: What do you call a cross between a sheep and a kangaroo?
A: A woolly jumper.

Cheers

Geoff Roberts
Received on Sat Apr 17 1999 - 18:51:01 BST