Re: OT: Merry Christmas!

Tristan McLeay wrote:
>
> On 27 Dec 2004, at 10.17 am, Ph. D. wrote:
>
> > I'm going to assume "jumper" means something like "sweater"
> > outside of the United States. Here when I hear of a "jumper,"
> > I picture a dress with wide straps which girls wear over a
> > regular shirt.
>
> Oh yes, I'd forgot that! (Precisely 'sweater' or 'pullover'.) I've
> confused Americans before with it :/ But I have no idea what you mean
> by jumper, dresses aren't especially common informally any more, and I
> don't often find myself where formal dress is appropriate (maybe once a
> year).
"Jumpers" are very informal and generally worn by pre-teen
girls, although they're not as common as when I was growing
up. They don't go all the way to the shoulders, so a shirt must
be worn underneath.


> (Q. What do you get if you cross a kangaroo with a sheep?
> A. Woolly jumpers all over Australia!)
:-)

I live in the upper midwest of the United States, about eighty
km west of Detroit, Michigan. Last Thursday, we had about
20 cm of snow. The temperature has been about negative 7C,
but it's supposed to warm up to about positive 5C by Wednesday.

--Ph. D.