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[mindmetoo]

One of my students was trying to ask me something. But it made no sense. Something about Korea and America. I said a silent prayer it wasn't a political comment. Frustrated she wasn't making herself understood she tried another line of inquiry.

"Teacher teacher. Japan. Yonsama. Always different. Nice. Teacher teacher. What what in English?"

I thought a moment in a way Roger Penrose argues a machine never can.

"Ah. The word you're looking for is scarf."

"Yes."

[Cheyne]

Don't you mean muffler....

Who uses muffler? I have only heard the term in Korea.....is it Konglish or does another English speaking country use this term?

[eamo]

Don't some Americans say muffler instead of scarf!!!

Or is a muffler the exhaust of a car??

For pity's sake Americans!! Sort it out!!!

[mindmetoo]

[d503]

I hate to break it to you but I am pretty sure a muffler is for your hands. It's a tube looking thing that you can stick your hands into. A lot of times they are made out of fur. They are used as a sub for gloves. I don't think I have ever heard an American refer to a scarf as a muffler.

--Midwest dialect speaker

[Son Deureo!]

Wow, that's news to me, I've never heard of that thing you're calling a "muffler"! I've heard it called a muffler before, but where I'm from (Buffalo, NY) we call it a "scarf".

OP, good job on figuring out what the heck your student was talking about.

[matthewwoodford]

I agree with d503 (are you a secret agent?). That's what I always thought a muffler was. I keep coming across these American/British English websites (don't ask me how) that say 'muffler' is British English for 'scarf', but it's completely untrue! A scarf is a bleedin' scarf.


I would have had no idea what the OP's student was talking about.

[d503]

[crazykiwi]

Hey

My phonics text book (american style english) named a "muff" as the one that went around your hands. i then had to ask the korean teacher what it said in her dictionary, she said it could be around the neck style or hands. Now i took "muff" to mean a completely different thing

Anyway, how did the OP get scarf outa that? was it the yohama? anyway, in kiwiland, a scarf is a scarf and mittens are for your hands. i have never seen a "muffler" for hands as was drawn inmy book! looks impractical if you ask me.

[d503]

The other meaning of muff is far more common. A muff for your hands is fairly dated term--I would place it closer to turn of the century (as in 1900s) Maybe a little later. I think I first heard of one when reading the little princess as a kid. The girl on the cover has a pretty coat and muff. I asked my nana for one, and then I had a pretty coat and muff. I am going to go look for a picture of a neck muff, I am confused on how you would get it on. Ohh I see now the neck ones open like a collar. You don't slip them on.

[matthewwoodford]