The Wonder of Woollies

JuanTwoThree · Post by **JuanTwoThree** » Thu Feb 23, 2006 9:15 am

Sweater, Jumper, Pullover, Jersey?

tigertiger · Post by **tigertiger** » Thu Feb 23, 2006 9:20 am

JuanTwoThree wrote:Sweater, Jumper, Pullover, Jersey?

Wooly pully, pully,
Aran
Cardigan, cardy.
Argyle sweater,
poloneck
'V' neck
Crewneck sweater
tank top

JuanTwoThree · Post by **JuanTwoThree** » Thu Feb 23, 2006 9:39 am

Guernsey.

So what's the difference? OK, cardigans, sleeveless or not, have buttons. Without sleeves they're not unlike knitted waistcoats (vests to the inhabitants of our erstwhile American Colonies).

Tanktops: very seventies, no sleeves, probably roundneck (and often at least in the seventies with a lurid pattern).

For my money, sweaters are probably thicker, there's not much to chose between jumpers and pullovers, and jerseys are probably thinner.

metal56 · Post by **metal56** » Thu Feb 23, 2006 2:20 pm

JuanTwoThree wrote:Sweater, Jumper, Pullover, Jersey?

Did you know that "sweater" does not appear in Roget's?

strider · Post by **strider** » Thu Feb 23, 2006 3:19 pm

...and in case anyone is wondering, 'The Wonder of Woolies' was the advertising catchphrase for a store called 'Woolworth's'. (Is it still used in their publicity?)

Apparently it was quite successful if we still remember it today!

strider · Post by **strider** » Thu Feb 23, 2006 3:20 pm

...and in case anyone is wondering, 'The Wonder of Woolies' was the advertising catchphrase for a store called 'Woolworth's'. (Is it still used in their publicity?)

Apparently it was quite successful if we still remember it today!

Andrew Patterson · Post by **Andrew Patterson** » Thu Feb 23, 2006 9:38 pm

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sweater

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jersey_%28clothing%29

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guernsey_%28clothing%29

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cardigan_(sweater)

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tank_top

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jumper

JuanTwoThree · Post by **JuanTwoThree** » Thu Feb 23, 2006 9:56 pm

I didn't know that about tank-top. We live and learn.

tigertiger · Post by **tigertiger** » Fri Feb 24, 2006 2:58 am

strider wrote:...and in case anyone is wondering, 'The Wonder of Woolies' was the advertising catchphrase for a store called 'Woolworth's'. (Is it still used in their publicity?)

Apparently it was quite successful if we still remember it today!

More than a catch phrase as it had a tune as well. But can't do tune here.

'That's the wonder of Woolworths,
that's the wonder of good old Woolies.
WOOLWORTHS'

Probably date to about/before 1970.
So if you remeber that you are showing your age.

JuanTwoThree · Post by **JuanTwoThree** » Fri Feb 24, 2006 9:42 am

1976 in fact, right at the end of the lurid tanktop era. But yes, it does show my age.

Sally Olsen · Post by **Sally Olsen** » Mon Feb 27, 2006 10:24 pm

I had a funny experience with these words and others when giving a co-operative games workshop for a group of Scouts in Britain. They arrived in their full dress uniforms so I asked them to take off their scarves, sweaters and put on their running shoes. They didn't move. For a moment, I thought they were going to be a difficult bunch to motivate. Then one little fellow said in a loud voice, "She wants us to take off our neckers, jumpers and put on our trainers." So they scrambled about and we had a great night.

How about the turtle neck?
Round neck pullover sweater?

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