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The Wonder of Woollies
Posted: Thu Feb 23, 2006 9:15 am
by JuanTwoThree
Sweater, Jumper, Pullover, Jersey?
Re: The Wonder of Woollies
Posted: Thu Feb 23, 2006 9:20 am
by tigertiger
JuanTwoThree wrote:Sweater, Jumper, Pullover, Jersey?
Wooly pully, pully,
Aran
Cardigan, cardy.
Argyle sweater,
poloneck
'V' neck
Crewneck sweater
tank top
Posted: Thu Feb 23, 2006 9:39 am
by JuanTwoThree
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.
Re: The Wonder of Woollies
Posted: Thu Feb 23, 2006 2:20 pm
by metal56
JuanTwoThree wrote:Sweater, Jumper, Pullover, Jersey?
Did you know that "sweater" does not appear in Roget's?
Posted: Thu Feb 23, 2006 3:19 pm
by strider
...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!
Posted: Thu Feb 23, 2006 3:20 pm
by strider
...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!
Posted: Thu Feb 23, 2006 9:38 pm
by Andrew Patterson
Posted: Thu Feb 23, 2006 9:56 pm
by JuanTwoThree
I didn't know that about tank-top. We live and learn.
Posted: Fri Feb 24, 2006 2:58 am
by tigertiger
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.
Posted: Fri Feb 24, 2006 9:42 am
by JuanTwoThree
1976 in fact, right at the end of the lurid tanktop era. But yes, it does show my age.
Posted: Mon Feb 27, 2006 10:24 pm
by Sally Olsen
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?