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Do you say housecoat or dressing gown?

122 replies

FleetingGlance · 24/08/2022 13:06

Roundabout or island?
Roll or bun or cob or bap?

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MyBottomDecides · 24/08/2022 13:42

This. They all have different meanings.

SweetPetrichor · 24/08/2022 13:42

Another vote for ‘gownie’ (goonie) for dressing gown.

The traffic management system that cars go round is a ‘circle’ (very local term though).

And you have a ‘roll’ to eat.

Hmmph · 24/08/2022 13:43

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Baps also make me giggle as do jugs. Nowt wrong with being a bit childish!

KittyMcKitty · 24/08/2022 13:43

Dressing gown (if we’re talking about the thing over pj’s) - as others have said a housecoat is what Nora Batty wore!

roundabout - a traffic island is something different.

roll

QuietYou · 24/08/2022 13:54

They're all different things to me.
A dressing gown is usually fleece or towelling and has a cord to tie it, some have buttons or a zip though.
A housecoat is what Nora Batty wears in the picture pp posted.
A roundabout is a fairground ride or a traffic circle you drive around.
An island is land surrounded by water or an area in the middle of a road for crossing halfway.
A roll is small and crusty usually served warm you often get them with soup.
A bun is a small cake with icing on, a fruity bready cake like a hot cross or chelsea bun or bread for burgers.
A cob is a small round crusty loaf.
A bap is what I would call a breadcake used for sandwiches.

missverstaendnis · 24/08/2022 13:58

bath robe
roundabout
roll

ParvuliThankYouDebbie · 24/08/2022 14:04

I agree with everything Quietyou said.
(Only on this thread obviously, I’m not proposing an ‘I agree with Nick’ 2010 style coalition arrangement). 😁

SenecaFallsRedux · 24/08/2022 14:06

Bathrobe
Roundabout (but I live in one of the few places in the US that has actual British style roundabouts. In other parts of the US, they might be called rotaries or traffic circles.
Bun (hamburger or cinnamon)
Roll (dinner)

cushioncovers · 24/08/2022 14:13

Dressing gown
Roundabout
Bun

maddy68 · 24/08/2022 14:49

Dressing gown.

petshopboys · 24/08/2022 14:58

Dressing gown
Roundabout
Batch

QuattroFromagio · 24/08/2022 14:58

Housecoat (yes, for the one over PJs as that's what it was called where I was growing up. Dressing gown would sound very formal)

Roundabout or traffic circle (latter where I was growing up, former in U.K.)

Bun. Maybe roll sometimes now in U.K. but still bun in just head.

Trulyweird1 · 24/08/2022 15:05

Dressing gown

Roundabout or ring ( as in Ring Road)
Island is something different

Rolls is a generic term. Baps are floury; buns are for burgers or sausages, Rowies / butteries are a specific savoury breakfast roll.

Scotland NE/ Highlands

MrsPelligrinoPetrichor · 24/08/2022 15:07

ShesNotTheMessiah · 24/08/2022 13:10

dressing gown
roundabout
roll

Me too but a housecoat is a nylon garment you put over your clothes to clean your house.

CockSpadget · 24/08/2022 15:26

Dressing gown
Roundabout
Bread cake

calmlakes · 24/08/2022 15:28

LionessesRules · 24/08/2022 13:21

Housecoats and dressing gowns are different.
Roundabouts and islands are different.

Roll, unless it's a burger bun.

This sums it up.

mountainsunsets · 24/08/2022 15:31

LionessesRules · 24/08/2022 13:21

Housecoats and dressing gowns are different.
Roundabouts and islands are different.

Roll, unless it's a burger bun.

Yep, this!

Nordstrom · 24/08/2022 15:34

Dressing gown
Island
Cob

Popcorncovered · 24/08/2022 15:35

DelphiniumBlue · 24/08/2022 13:24

Aren't housecoat and dressing gown 2 different things?
A dressing gown goes over PJs or you put it on after a bath/shower to keep warm.
A housecoat has the same purpose as an apron, it goes over clothes to protect them while you are doing housework.
I actually don't use either: a hoody is more efficient at keeping you warm , and doesn't have sleeves that dangle annoyingly, and an apron is quick to take on and off.
Then I will have a roll if it's bread like with soup or instead of a sandwich, but a bun is something sweet, like a Chelsea bun. A bap is something that goes with a burger, bigger and flatter and more floury than a roll or a bun. Not sure what I'd describe a cob as, maybe it's like a mini baguette, sort of torpedo shaped.
A roundabout is a thing cars go round, but it could have an island in the middle of it if it's a very big one. To me an island is a small thing in the middle of a busy road where you can pause when crossing.
Anyway, I know this is all different depending where you are from...I'm a Londoner.

All those, except a cob is a type of horse.

Minikievs · 24/08/2022 15:39

Dressing gown
Roundabout
Cob

ArabeI · 24/08/2022 15:40

They're different things. A housecoat has buttons, I always thought. I don't own one anyway.

orbitalcrisis · 24/08/2022 15:40

Dressing gown, roundabout, bun for sweet, bap/roll for savoury, mainly roll unless I'm making a childish breast joke.

SammyScrounge · 24/08/2022 15:45

Dressing gown
Roundabout
Roll

Dalekjastninerels · 24/08/2022 15:45

Dressing Gown
Roundabout
Roll

OldTinHat · 24/08/2022 15:47

A house coat and a dressing gown are different things.

An island.

A roll.