Show IW wha hal knows he of england who only england knows even after months in england my wife sometimes had to call upon the housemaid to translate some item in the laundry list or to interpret between her and the grocery boy declares mr harry A franck the irrepressible globetrotter globe tr trotter otter in footloose in the british isles in england a vest is an undershirt not a waistcoat suspenders are garters t ers and braces are suspenders A childs is a bodice while rubber boots are well ing tons the word sweater still strikes many of the english as a trifle low class and odoriferous they call it a jersey jumper pullover or cardigan in the drapers shop which means dry goods store unbleached muslin is calico and calico is cotton print cheesecloth is butter muslin and instead of using cutting flannel for a childs pajamas one buys wince yette and asks for a sleeping suit A spool of thread is a reel of cotton an american who asks for crackers will get firecrackers or a package of those christmas paper bonbons bonbonis that explode when pulled our kind of bacon is streaky ra a slice of ham is a gammon rasher and the best cut of beef is a piece of topside gasoline is petrol kerosene is paraffin and paraffin is paraffin wax an english cook does not rinse the dishes she swills lwills sw ills them when my wife told the nursemaid to bathe the children or to give them a bath the maid proceeded to bath them or give them a bathe |