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#188301 - 12/16/09 10:47 PM Not a grasshopper
Jackie Carpal Tunnel Registered: 03/15/00 Posts: 11578 Loc: Louisville, Kentucky	This is for any Britspeaker out there...or anyone who can translate! Is a "jumper" just a pullover sweater, and if so, what do you-all call the kind of sweater that buttons or zips down the front?
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#188304 - 12/17/09 12:02 AM Re: Not a grasshopper [Re: Jackie]
zmjezhd Carpal Tunnel Registered: 08/13/05 Posts: 3269 Loc: R'lyeh	and if so, what do you-all call the kind of sweater that buttons or zips down the front? Isn't that a cardigan? _________________________ Ceci n'est pas un seing.
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#188306 - 12/17/09 06:23 AM Re: Not a grasshopper [Re: zmjezhd]
BranShea Carpal Tunnel Registered: 06/23/06 Posts: 5249 Loc: Netherlands, the Hague	Without sleaves it is called vest. Don't know if in English that can be knitwear too. Edited by BranShea (12/17/09 06:25 AM)
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#188313 - 12/17/09 01:12 PM Re: Not a grasshopper [Re: BranShea]
kah454 journeyman Registered: 09/22/09 Posts: 95 Loc: Long Island, NY USA	Jumpers were the style of uniform the girls wore when I was in Catholic Elementary School back in the 50's-60's it is a sleeveless type of dress that looks like an apron. It was usually worn over a blouse or some other clothing
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#188316 - 12/17/09 04:25 PM Re: Not a grasshopper [Re: kah454]
olly old hand Registered: 12/18/06 Posts: 932 Loc: Auckland, New Zealand	A Jumper would be the equivalent of a Jersey or pullover. With buttons in the front, a Cardigan or cardy as we say down ere.
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#188322 - 12/17/09 09:49 PM Re: Not a grasshopper [Re: olly]
Jackie Carpal Tunnel Registered: 03/15/00 Posts: 11578 Loc: Louisville, Kentucky	Ok. Merci. I didn't know if the term applied to both kinds of sweaters or just the one. And yes, kah, that's what I think of as a jumper; which is not the same as a pinafore.
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#188378 - 12/20/09 04:09 PM Re: Not a grasshopper [Re: Jackie]
BranShea Carpal Tunnel Registered: 06/23/06 Posts: 5249 Loc: Netherlands, the Hague	Jackie, over ankle high in snow here. We are snowhopping wearing woollen jumpers. At last. Victoire! Traffic blocked. Trams and trains unable to ride. Wonderful.
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