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It's shaping up to be a scorcher today. Is that another word unique to us I wonder?
The first thing that popped into my mind when I read your post was that well known idiom often attributed to George Bernard Shaw, although I could not find any source that was willing to offer proof of this.
"England and America are two countries divided by a common language".
The idiom could equally apply to the U.K. and Australia or the USA and Australia or, for that matter, notable regional differences in any of those countries. This might be worth further discussion.
A jumper is an outer garment, usually of wool, for the upper part of the body; can be a pullover; sweater; jersey; or guernsey.
June was no help. I asked her if she knew another Aussie word for a Jumper and she said Kangaroo.
Hi Matt, I’m not sure how you check if they’re common in the word list.
I believe that comfort temperature zones depend on your preferred clothing choice and your ability to maintain a constant internal temperature regardless of the external environment.
My preferred clothing is footy shorts and sweatshirts. When I was 20 and living in Canberra I had the ability to regulate my own heat to maintain a constant internal temperature even when the external environment changed within a range of about 2°C to 30+°C. The only thing I could never tolerate was high humidity.
Sadly, this ability has deteriorated to the point that my ideal sleeping temperature is 16-18°C under a doona and my ideal daytime temperature is 20-30°C and I am even less tolerant to high humidity.
So, these days I either rely on air-conditioning or I put on a jumper.
Having grown up in the near tropics (Florida) I should have been more tolerant of the sauna-like conditions, but between having moved away from Florida 45 years ago and the advancing old age, it nearly took my breath away when I went outdoors.
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Yesterday, it was autumnal here and this morning's low temp was 42°F (5.6°C) which is a huge improvement over the 96°F (35.6°C) we had just seven days ago!!!
Unfortunately, the forecast highs for Saturday through Tuesday are 89°F, 92°F, 93°F, and 93°F (31.7°C, 33.3°C, 33.9°C, and 33.9°C) — so much for autumnal! <sigh>
Blimey TRex that's massive drop in temperature in a weekI was moaning about 10oc (50of) this morning. Your temperature this morning is more than chilly. I'd say perishing cold! But you're back to boily hot by the weekend. Our weekend temperatures are 22 and 23oc (about 74 and 75of. I expect you'd find them far more comfortable.
You're right it's very autumnal now.
but I did expect stepdad to be accepted and even be classified as common. If the word list is also missing stepmom and stepmum, I think they should also be added. (I'm assuming stepfather and stepmother are already accepted.)
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I would normally use anorexic, which I would say was common.
Maybe originally, in their derivation, but not now.
Ex chef here:
Terrine - a French type of meatloaf often wrapped in bacon and baked in a bain-marie, name derived from the oblong earthenware baking dish.
Tureen - nothing to do with terrine, it is a round/ish piece of tableware usually used to serve soup or stews.
