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Re: OT: Merry Christmas!

From:Mark J. Reed <markjreed@...>
Date:Sunday, December 26, 2004, 23:24
On Sun, Dec 26, 2004 at 11:55:21PM +0100, Andreas Johansson wrote:
> I wear a jumper or not depending on activity. I suppose that part of > the source of confusion is that I don't consider "jumper weather" to be cold -
Definitely a source of confusion. In English, "jumper weather" (well, on this side of the pond we say "sweater weather") means "cold", because when it's not cold, you don't need a sweater at all. There is, of course, weather that is colder than "sweater weather", which I suppose one might call "jacket weather", but the implication is that "sweater weather" is cooler than the norm. -Marcos