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Which word for sweater do you prefer?

STEVIEBOY1

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Roll neck is more frequent here in the UK but I prefer the US word Turtleneck. I like American English!

There are alot of slight differences between British English and American English. I think it may have been Sir Winston Churchill or Oscar Wilde who said, along the lines of, "Two Great Nations being divided by a common language".

Getting back to this thread, I am wearing a pure wool Jersey/Pullover at this moment.
 

DocCasualty

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There are alot of slight differences between British English and American English. I think it may have been Sir Winston Churchill or Oscar Wilde who said, along the lines of, "Two Great Nations being divided by a common language".

Getting back to this thread, I am wearing a pure wool Jersey/Pullover at this moment.
And many sources attribute a similar quote to George Bernard Shaw. Like many of these quotes, I'm not sure we will ever have a definitive answer.

In my neighborhood it is a sweater.
 

Hal

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For undergarment shirts...sleeveless shirts (basically a plain "tank top," known more technically as an "A-shirt," or in more vulgar speech as a "wife-beater" for some unfathomable reason).
Unfortunately (perhaps to complicate things!) in Britain the term "tank top" is also sometimes applied to what is usually called a sleeveless pullover ("sweater-vest" in American).
 

Ticklishchap

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And many sources attribute a similar quote to George Bernard Shaw. Like many of these quotes, I'm not sure we will ever have a definitive answer.

In my neighborhood it is a sweater.

It was George Bernard Shaw! I don't know what word he used for jumper or sweater - probably jersey as he was that generation. Rather a dry old bugger and very verbose.
 

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