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Old 01-03-2010, 02:17 AM   #88
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It's much better in the original English...
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Do you know how long it took me to figure out that "jumper" meant "sweater" in the "original English"?? I kept picturing Ron in a dress!
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I went through this too, the first time I read about SAS troopers wearing a jumper.

What I found is that it can mean several different articles of clothing besides a dress as in American English. ...
In the United Kingdom, a solicitor is a lawyer. Here in the United States, a solicitor is a prostitute. An amazing example of how the two dialects are essentially identical.
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