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Do you use the word 'sweater'?
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Do you use the word 'sweater'? May 06, 2018 06:03AM |
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I got a bit annoyed this week because the Fashion section in the Viva supplement of the NZ Herald was featuring sweaters for winter. They had photos of woolly jumpers and each one was described as a sweater. The article was titled 'Sweater Weather'.
The reason I got annoyed was because to me the word 'sweater' is an Americanism. It seemed like pretentious fashion journalism to use the word 'sweater' instead of jumper. Then I thought, maybe I'm being a bit ignorant and making a bit of an assumption and maybe sweater is a common term in NZ.
My question is, "Do you commonly use the word 'sweater' or hear the word commonly used in NZ?"
The reason I got annoyed was because to me the word 'sweater' is an Americanism. It seemed like pretentious fashion journalism to use the word 'sweater' instead of jumper. Then I thought, maybe I'm being a bit ignorant and making a bit of an assumption and maybe sweater is a common term in NZ.
My question is, "Do you commonly use the word 'sweater' or hear the word commonly used in NZ?"
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I use the word jersey if it is wool and sweatshirt/jumper for anything that is long sleeved and a cotton knit as opposed to a woold knit.
Sweater and sweatshirt are funny words as they do implicate gym/sports activity as opposed to just keeping warm. But then again they are all odd words, a jumper is a weird word for a garment...
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Sweater and sweatshirt are funny words as they do implicate gym/sports activity as opposed to just keeping warm. But then again they are all odd words, a jumper is a weird word for a garment...
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Re: Do you use the word 'sweater'? May 07, 2018 01:56AM |
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Yes I use the word jersey too but as I was born and spent my early years in the South Island, I think you'll find that it is predominantly a South Island word.
I believe that the Herald journalist used the word sweater in this context to create a catchy headline - the words sweater and weather are very similar apart from a couple of letters. She probably doesn't use the word sweater either, but it was used conveniently for the purposes of the exercise.
Regards,
Barbara Anne
I believe that the Herald journalist used the word sweater in this context to create a catchy headline - the words sweater and weather are very similar apart from a couple of letters. She probably doesn't use the word sweater either, but it was used conveniently for the purposes of the exercise.
Regards,
Barbara Anne
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Jersey - North Island girl here. Pretty much never use the word jumper. I don't refer to anything as a sweater.
Interestingly I was recently watching the fairly awful "How Do I Look?" American TV programme where they take someone who dresses dreadfully every day and make them look like a transvestite instead (well, imho). In this episode, the dreadfully dressed female kept referring to her sweatshirts as sweaters and the host of the show became more and more upset and adamantly ordered her again and again to call them sweatshirts as they WERE NOT SWEATERS!!
Interestingly I was recently watching the fairly awful "How Do I Look?" American TV programme where they take someone who dresses dreadfully every day and make them look like a transvestite instead (well, imho). In this episode, the dreadfully dressed female kept referring to her sweatshirts as sweaters and the host of the show became more and more upset and adamantly ordered her again and again to call them sweatshirts as they WERE NOT SWEATERS!!
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If I am looking on Ravelry for a knitting pattern then I have to use all three one by one in the search box as it seems any of them could mean what I am looking for.
Speaking of the Herald - I started to read an article by Elizabeth Easther and quickly realised they had the wrong author - “I was educated just north of Rome” or something like that - her father was my GP so I know their home base was Hamilton.
Lots of cut and paste methinks.
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Speaking of the Herald - I started to read an article by Elizabeth Easther and quickly realised they had the wrong author - “I was educated just north of Rome” or something like that - her father was my GP so I know their home base was Hamilton.
Lots of cut and paste methinks.
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