In British English, the term jumper describes what is called a sweater in American English. Also, in more formal British usage, a distinction is made between a pinafore dress and a pinafore.
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Why do British people call them jumpers?
worn over a blouse or jumper.”) The term “jumper,” when it first appeared in English in the mid-19th century, was applied to the sort of shapeless jacket worn by artists and workmen, what we might call a “smock.” The extended “dress” sense of the word dates to the 1930s, and the all-in-one infant’s “jumper” garment
What is a jumper British term?
The word jumper is usually used more in the UK. A jumper is a long-sleeved item worn on the top half of your body, and like a sweater, is usually considered knitted or crocheted, but also seen made of jersey fabric or cotton too.
What’s a jumper in Australia?
Australian people will generally refer to knitwear Australia or cardigans Australia as a woollen jumper Australia or wool jumper. Woolen jumpers Australia are what we know as a woollen pullover. A wool jumper can be for men, women or children and it is a woollen garment that you pull over your head.
What is a jumper in Ireland?
In Ireland a jumper is a pinafore and a sweater is a jumper. A buttoned sweater is a cardigan, and overalls are dungarees.
What does jumper mean in Scotland?
Jumper in AmE is a kind of dress, called a pinafore (dress) in BrE. (Both dialects have the ‘apron’ sense of pinafore.) In other words, it’s a sleeveless dress that’s made to be worn over a blouse or other top.
Why is a jumper called a Sloppy Joe?
I think it was a brand name, and referred generically (I thought) to a style which had a fleecy interior and a smooth exterior. However, ‘sloppy joe’ was not an unusual term for a form of the garment which was extra large and shapeless.
What do Aussies call their friends?
Mate. “Mate” is a popular word for friend. And while it’s used in other English-speaking countries around the world, it has a special connection to Australia. In the past, mate has been used to address men, but it can be gender-neutral.
What is a Bob in Ireland?
Bob: slang for money. See also quid and sterling. Bonnet: car hood. Boot: car trunk. Bord Fáilte (pronounced bord fal-cha): The Irish Tourist Board (Gaelic, “Board of Welcome”)
What do they call kissing in Ireland?
11. Póg. This is the Irish word for a “kiss” e.g. “give us a póg” or even cuter a “póigín”.
What do they call soda in Ireland?
In the United Kingdom and Ireland, the term “fizzy drink” is common. “Pop” and “fizzy pop” are used in Northern England, South Wales, and the Midlands, while “mineral” or “lemonade” (as a general term) are used in Ireland. In Scotland, “fizzy juice” or even simply “juice” is colloquially encountered.
What do Brits call a vest?
waistcoat
In American English, a vest is a top or sweater with no sleeves and buttons down the front that is worn over a shirt. This is called a “waistcoat” in British English.
What are Sloppy Joes called in England?
The Manwich
Manwich, slush burger, yum yums, dynamite, spoonburgers, tavern sandwich; a Sloppy Joe can be called by many other names. The most well-known however is Manwich.
What do Australians call Sloppy Joes?
“Sloppy Joe” a pullover/sweatshirt
In Aus. a sloppy joe is what is known as a sweatshirt in the USA.
What do they call sloppy joes in Iowa?
the Maid-Rite
Call it the king of the loose-meat sandwiches. A tried-and-true Iowa classic for nearly 100 years, the Maid-Rite is a sandwich unlike any other.
What is Australian slang for wife?
Missus
Missus. A person’s wife or girlfriend.
What is a rude Australian slang?
“Bugger” is common in both Aussie and British slang, and vaguely refers to someone or something that is annoying. Calling someone a bugger can be used affectionately or derogatorily. The general expletive can be used in any situation, and roughly means,“F*** off/me” or “Well, I’ll be damned!”
What is the most Australian thing to say?
Master these 33 terms and you’ll be fair dinkum.
- Wrap your laughing gear ’round that.
- Dog’s breakfast.
- Tell him he’s dreaming.
- A few stubbies short of a six-pack.
- What’s the John Dory?
- Have a Captain Cook.
- No worries, mate, she’ll be right.
- Fair go, mate. Fair suck of the sauce bottle.
Why do Irish say Feck?
Feck as a verb once meant “keep a look out”, maybe from Irish feic. And then there is the Irish slang feck “steal, take”, which the Chambers Dictionary of Slang says may originate in Old English feccan “to fetch, gain, take”, or German fegen “to plunder”.
What do they call the bathroom in Ireland?
The Jacks
The Jacks. In Ireland, ‘the jacks’ means ‘toilet’, most commonly used to refer to public bathrooms.
What do Irish call their friends?
Mucker. Mate, pal, friend.