17 Apr
1999
17 Apr
'99
6:51 p.m.
----- Original Message -----
From: Ward D. Griffiths III <gram(a)cnct.com>
To: Discussion re-collecting of classic computers
<classiccmp(a)u.washington.edu>
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