Closets and Wardrobes

[sistermagpie]

 > Geoff:
> > Of course not; how silly. Obviously, you keep underwear and 
> > knickers in a chest of drawers.
> > :-))
> > 
> > I don't know how serious you are being, Carol, but in UK speak,
> dresses, shirts and trousers. would go in the wardrobe while socks,
> underwear and small items would go in drawers. 
> > The word "dresser" is a bit old-hat. It might be used if you 
> possess something like a Welsh dresser but they are very out of
> fashion with modern kitchens having wall-hung cupboards. Closet is,
> surprisingly, somewhat confined in its use to something you come out
> of..... Well, not necessarily *you* but you know what I mean. <snip>
> 
> >
> Carol responds:
> I was just having a bit of fun to lighten up the list a little, but 
I
> do think it's amusing that the little room Harry sleeps in (early in
> the books) is called a "cupboard" when it's nowhere near the kitchen
> cupboard, where cups and dishes are stored. (Glad to know that we 
use
> the same term for that.)
> 
> We Americans would say that little Harry sleeps in the storage 
closet
> or broom closet under the stairs.<snip> I'm only talking about 
language here.
> 
> We Americans don't have wardrobes.

Magpie:
I think I would say he slept in a cupboard and while I don't have a 
wardrobe I have seen them in America. Usually people have closets, 
but they sometimes exist. In my house growing up we had a "standing 
closet" which was pretty much like a wardrobe, but I assume it was 
because it was a little too plain to be considered a wardrobe my 
mother called it a standing closet.

-m