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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?

OP posts:
ArabeI · 24/08/2022 15:48

ArabeI · 24/08/2022 15:40

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

I do own a dressing gown, but don't own a housecoat. A bathrobe is usually towelling material.

brownbeauty80 · 24/08/2022 15:48

Dressing gown
Roundabout
Muffin

Firty · 24/08/2022 15:49

A dressing gown is the robe you wear after getting up but before getting dressed.

A housecoat is something you throw over your normal clothes to protect them from housework. Bit like an apron, but bigger. Few people have these anymore but they were popular in the 50s-60s. Now mostly worn by cleaners.

A roundabout is a big round thing in a road with a one way system.

A road traffic island is a safe space for pedestrians to stand. It is not round and may not have a one way system. It is much smaller than a roundabout.

A roll is a small savoury round thing made of bread. A cob/bap is the same but said by someone north of Oxford. A bun is a small sweet round thing made of sugary bread dough.

bambi1132 · 24/08/2022 15:54

Dressing gown
Roundabout
Cob

Twospaniels · 24/08/2022 15:54

A dressing gown is worn with nightwear
a housecoat is rather old fashioned and would have been worn over one’s dress while cleaning the house etc

here in the E Midlands a roundabout is called an island

bread roll or bap

NeverDropYourMooncup · 24/08/2022 15:55

Housecoats are made of pink nylon that generates more electrical energy than Sizewell B.

A Dressing Gown (of Doom) is made from black terry towelling and is what DP wears when he's plodding around like a depressed Jedi.

A robe is what I wear when I'm all elegant and not at all sweating like a pig in summer after getting out of the bath. Unless it's a Dryrobe, in which case it's what you call an oversized anorak worn by rich people in Waitrose to let you know that they like swimming in shit the sea or watching their DH do Parkrun on a Saturday morning in winter (when there's fewer people taking part so he's going to get a higher placing).

A roundabout is something that people get lost on.

An overbout is the little white ones that act as a decorative feature/enrichment activity at a junction where the ultimate aim is for drivers to try to park across it and cause complete gridlock for as long as possible.

A traffic island is the lump of concrete in the middle of the road that gives you a breather before having to judge whether the traffic coming from the other three directions is going to jump a red light and drive over you or into the red light itself (always have the pole between you and oncoming traffic).

A roll is crunchy or soft
A bap is soft and has flour on the top unless it's a batch roll
A bun contains things like currants, glace icing, rock sugar and may have a glace cherry on top
A burger bun has sesame seeds on top
They're all called inedible because they're not gluten free.

Anything that purports to be a bun, roll, bap, brioche or other small bread product and gluten free is called A Fucking Abomination.

DappledThings · 24/08/2022 15:55

In the West Midlands island is definitely used for what I would call a roundabout. Confused the hell out of my mum when we moved there and she first asked for directions somewhere.

I would only say roundabout myself but if someone else told me something was, for instance, "just on your left past the island" I'd be expecting to go straight on at a roundabout rather than be looking for a pedestrian safety island in the road. I would call that pedestrian one an island myself though!

NeverDropYourMooncup · 24/08/2022 15:56

Forgot cobs.

They're horses or angry swans.

Dartmoorcheffy · 24/08/2022 16:00

Dressing gown
Roundabout
Muffin or Bap

ErrolTheDragon · 24/08/2022 16:01

NeverDropYourMooncup · 24/08/2022 15:56

Forgot cobs.

They're horses or angry swans.

Or a type of building material.

Whataplanker · 24/08/2022 16:03

Dressing gown. Near to where I live, housecoat and dressing gown are used interchangeably. I always say dressing gown.
Roundabout.
Bread roll (if on the side of soup for example)
Bacon Barm
Ham roll
Burger bun
Never say cob

NanaNelly · 24/08/2022 16:05

Dressing Gown (housecoat is something very different)
Roundabout
Roll

Lds1 · 24/08/2022 16:07

To me, dressing gown and house coats are 2 different things so are roundabouts and islands.

I'd say bun for the last one.

thefirstmrsrochester · 24/08/2022 16:13

MrsMoastyToasty · 24/08/2022 13:26

Me (English)- dressing gown
DH (Scottish)- gownie, pronounced something like "goonie"

Me - pop
DH - ginger

Me- Daps or trainers
DH- gutties or trainers

Me - carrier bag
DH- poke

Me- armpits
DH- oxters.

Central Scotland and I concur with your DH 😁

SatinHeart · 24/08/2022 16:17

A house coat and a dressing gown are different things

Not necessarily. I'm from SW England. My colleague is Scouse. She says 'housecoat' for exactly the same garment that I'd call a dressing gown. I know this because she once talked about buying her teenage son a housecoat for Christmas and couldn't work out why all the southerners in the office were so horrified!

abovedecknotbelow · 24/08/2022 16:32

House coats and dressing gowns and roundabouts and islands are completely different things!

dalisdrippingclock · 24/08/2022 16:36

Dressing gown
Roundabout
Roll

MysteriesOfTheOrganism · 24/08/2022 16:37

Tomato, tomahto, let's call the whole thing off.

Cocolapew · 24/08/2022 16:41

Dressing gown, DH says housecoat, they're both the same thing. What Nora Batty is wearing is a pinny.
Roundabout.
Bap.

Allmarbleslost · 24/08/2022 16:42

Dressing gown, island, roll.

A roundabout is an island in the midlands. They are the same thing.

mathanxiety · 24/08/2022 16:42

Dressing gown
Roundabout
Roll

notangelinajolie · 24/08/2022 16:43

Roundabouts and Islands are different things
Dressing gowns and housecoats are different things
And roll, cob, bun and bap are all slightly different things too.
😋

mathanxiety · 24/08/2022 16:45

A housecoat is a light overdress you wear while doing chores to keep your clothes clean.

A dressing gown is what you wear over your pajamas or nightie or birthday suit when you're slouching toward the kitchen in the morning. Can also be called a robe, though this is more what you'd put on after a shower or bath in lieu of anything else.

Goldmember · 24/08/2022 16:46

Dressing gown, Roundabout, Roll (although it's barm round these parts)

Fenella123 · 24/08/2022 17:03

So, question, if someone calls "the big fluffy garment you wear over nightclothes" a housecoat, what do they call the nylon thing that goes over day clothes which nowadays mainly cleaners wear?