Comments on: Boxing Day Sales!

By: Janet

Janet — Sun, 30 Dec 2007 15:47:08 +0000

Boxing Day sales, eh? Do you fight over items in honor of the day. Sorry, I couldn’t resist that one!

Happy New Year!:)

By: kristarella

kristarella — Sat, 29 Dec 2007 00:02:46 +0000

LaurenMarie - classic! I would probably know what you mean if you said slacks. My mum used to call them that, but because only she and my Gran used that word I only relate it to women's cotton pants, usually ones with pleats in the front. A jumper is a sweartshirt then. A sweater with a zipper is a jacket. We've adopted that word hoodie aswell, but I think I'd be happy to call a jacket with a hood a hoodie as well. It's getting confusing!Foo - I remember that post, it's a great collection of that sort of thing.

By: LaurenMarie - Creative Curio

LaurenMarie - Creative Curio — Fri, 28 Dec 2007 19:51:37 +0000

Kristarella, ah, ok “Trousers” = “Slacks” in the U.S., at least in Sunny So Cal ;) Generally, a sweater zips up the front and a sweatshirt is a pull over (no zipper) and is made of sweatshirt material (like sweatpants, or jersey/cotton material that pills on the inside after several washes). We also call sweatershirts “hoodies” if they have a hood.

Foo, I went and read your article. That was entertaining! I say “soda” or “Coke” and I’m from Southern California. It’s very weird to hear people call it “pop.” Someone mentioned the thing where you ask for a coke and the waiter says “Is Pepsi ok?” That’s a branding issue. I’ve heard that Coca Cola sends out secret shoppers to see whether or not restaurants are properly protecting their brand.

By: The Foo

The Foo — Fri, 28 Dec 2007 17:47:53 +0000

we don’t have boxing day here but i remember it when i was schooling in England.

seems like you got nice bargains. i did go out on black friday this year to get some stuff but like LaurenMarie said, never again! the lines were circling around the store and had to wait hours. there were some people there that camped out the night before too.

heh! yes, wordage IS funny … i remember writing a blog about it last year… http://thefoologs.com/i-say-to.....y-tomahto/

By: kristarella

kristarella — Thu, 27 Dec 2007 23:58:59 +0000

pelf – that would be sad if your Christmas present was broken! I don’t remember having and haven’t heard of that, but I’m sure people do return faulty goods on boxing day or the day after.

LaurenMarie – Haha, yes the different “wordage” is funny.
We do call them pants, to me pants covers all legged clothing (shorts, jeans, trousers) even some non-legged, such as underwear. Don’t call trousers “pants” in Britain though – it’s strictly underwear! By trousers I usually mean long cotton pants, as opposed to jeans.
Yep, jumper is a sweater (not sure what the difference between sweatshirt and sweater is). Jumper usually covers a thick top made of cotton, wool, fleece, polyester, whatever.
Sunnies are sunglasses – you don’t call them that?!

By: LaurenMarie - Creative Curio

LaurenMarie - Creative Curio — Thu, 27 Dec 2007 17:39:20 +0000

Oooph, you’re brave to go out to sales like that. I went to a mall on Black Friday one time. Never again! It’s crazy and people are so mean and rude. It’s unbelievable.

Hehe, I sure enjoy hearing what you call things in Australia. Sunnies are sunglasses I’m assuming? We call trousers “pants” in the U.S. (or do trousers mean “shorts”?) And I’ve read jumper before somewhere on your blog too… is that a sweatshirt or a sweater? Course, you may not be familiar with my words! I’ve had a similiar conversation about local terms and phrases with a blogging friend from the UK. It sure is interesting all these names we call things!

By: pelf

pelf — Thu, 27 Dec 2007 09:27:35 +0000

But I just read somewhere that Boxing Day is also the day when people return dysfunctional goods that they bought before Christmas!

But of course, I’m sure not everybody returns their goods :D