[HPFGU-OTChatter] Brit-Speak: clothing

[Kathryn Cawte]

>
> I was wondering if any of you wonderful listies could answer some
questions I
> have about 'Brit-speak", especially concerning clothing.  In the HP books
and
> in HP fanfics (which I, unfortunately, have become helplessly addicted
to),
> there are lots of references to clothing that I really don't understand,
such as
> "jumper," "dressing gown," "nightdress."  I'm not sure if it's because I'm
an
> American or if I'm just a little slow on the uptake.  Help?
>

A jumper is what Americans call a sweater. A night dress does exactly what
it says in the tin - it's a dress-like piece of clothing used for sleeping
in (I'll add used by *women* since while it seems obvious to me, if you've
never heard of one I guess it wouldn't be for you). A dressing gown is a
robe, usually with a tie belt, which is worn over night clothes when
wandering around the house etc, covers a wide range from silk kimono type
things to towelling robes to well pretty much anything.

K