Jersey?

[Dauphin]

I often wear a jersey, and for some reason or other I got onto the subject of such apparel with a friend. At one point I received the response "You mean your jumper, cos what the f' - 'jersey' that's like a place in the Channel, innit?".

After bringing a few other people into the riveting conversation I came to the conclusion that I was the only person who called such things 'jerseys' - aside from a South African - but everyone knew what the word meant.

So it got me wondering in a Barnabas kind of way.... I had thought the term 'jersey' was used commonly throughout the UK but I was wrong.

Does anyone here call it a jersey?

[Kuciwalker]

Weren't you born in the US?

[Arrian]

You're clearly American.

-Arrian

[snoopy369]

Jersey = thing that sports players wear with their number on the back and such.

Also a particular method of weaving cotton such as to give a soft texture (often used in bed sheets).

Also, place where New Yorkers go to mix it up with the common folk.

[Dauphin]

Originally posted by Kuciwalker
Weren't you born in the US?

No, more's the pity. Would have made it easy to get American citizenship (had I ever really wished to).

[BeBMan]

Re: Jersey?

Originally posted by Dauphin
After bringing a few other people into the riveting conversation I came to the conclusion that I was the only person who called such things 'jerseys' - aside from a South African - but everyone knew what the word meant.

They are calling them secretly "jerseys" too when you aren't listening!

[Dauphin]

Originally posted by snoopy369
Jersey = thing that sports players wear with their number on the back and such.

I'm referring to pullovers/sweaters/jumpers/etc use of the word.


BeBro, wouldn't surprise me. I had previously wound a Kiwi friend up on the correct way to pronounce 'pineapple' (seriously, it's pin-arple) and 'sandwich' (it's a silent 'w'!) in England.

[DanS]

I haven't heard the term used in conversations outside of sports apparel.

[LordShiva]

[asleepathewheel]

Yes, they are jerseys.
However, if you are over 16 and wearing a jersey at a non-sporting event, you do deserve some amount of ridicule.

Question: Does your jersey have your own name on the back?

[Aeson]

Now here's a real jersey...

[Imran Siddiqui]

Originally posted by Dauphin
I'm referring to pullovers/sweaters/jumpers/etc use of the word.

Like hoodies?

I haven't heard them called jerseys. On this side of the pond that only applies to sports wear, usually with a name and number on the back.

[Dauphin]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jersey_%28clothing%29

A jersey is an item of knitted clothing, traditionally in wool or cotton, with sleeves, worn as a pullover; this is to say, it does not open at the front, unlike a cardigan. It is usually close-fitting and machine knitted in contrast to a guernsey that is more often hand knit with a thicker yarn. The word is usually used interchangeably with sweater and is the name always officially used in the United Kingdom to refer to the item when worn as part of the uniform of military, police or other uniformed personnel.

[Dauphin]

I guess it is just uncommon.

In British English, a sweater is called a pullover, sweater, jersey, or jumper, this last term being the most common name in British English and Australian English. In South African English, a sweater is always called a jersey. Sleeveless pullovers are known in American English and Australian English as vests or sweater vests. In British English they are known as tank tops.

And the bold explains the South African.

Still not sure why I use the word then.

[Wezil]

Originally posted by Imran Siddiqui


Like hoodies?

I haven't heard them called jerseys. On this side of the pond that only applies to sports wear, usually with a name and number on the back.

There is nothing quite as sexy as a woman naked 'cept for a hockey jersey.