To think it's "puffa" and "parka" coat and not "puffer" and "parker" coats?

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I always thought it was the former, but I am noticing more and more people referring to the coats as "puffer" and "parker". Even some of the online stores are doing, I see. Maybe I've been wrong all these years?

No you're definitely right

People are thick. You are correct.

YANBU

You’re right, people just can’t spell.

It's not because people are thick
If you'd never seen "puffa" written down you might well assume it was "puffer", on account of it being so puffy.

Keep your puffer and your Parker in your Chester draws

I thought maybe I'd been wrong all these years (older, pre-internet and had never seen the word actually written down). Thought I'd misheard it originally! Then I though maybe it came from "puffer fish" - all puffed up like one of those fish 'cos "puffa" isn't really a thing is it?

shop.nordstrom.com/c/womens-coats/parker~6688

Women's Parker Coats, Jackets & Blazers

Nordstrom!

www.zara.com/ca/en/woman-outerwear-padded-l1195.html

WARM PUFFER JACKETS FOR WOMEN

Zara!

YANBU. Thus is people who don't pronounce their 'rs' adding them on to words with none!

You're definitely right.

My friend had a baby she called Parker. Someone wrote her a card congratulating her on the birth of "Parka"

The shops are all doing it now! Maybe I should get on board?

Well Puffa is a brand, so other shops wouldn’t be allowed to use that spelling. I don’t know if that’s the case for parka. I just googled it and loads of shops use ‘parka’

Ooh, I didn't know Puffa was a brand - interesting!

www.glamourmagazine.co.uk/gallery/puffer-jackets-autumn-winter-2018

www.elle.com/uk/fashion/what-to-wear/articles/g31141/best-puffer-coats/

www.asos.com/women/coats-jackets/puffer-jackets/cat/?cid=28643

www.debenhams.com/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/prod_10701_10001_057030450133_-1

Glamour mag, Elle mag, Debenhams, Asos etc - all about the puffer

Well Puffa is a brand, so other shops wouldn’t be allowed to use that spelling

Yes - it could be like the word "hoover" - actually a brand, but a lot of people talk of "hoovering" their carpets no matter what the make of the machine.

YANBU

I went to the Horniman museum in London last week and there were Inuit PARKA jackets on display so you're 100% right with that one.

You’re right, of course, but people with non-rhotic rs pronounce them identically, as a lot of people write as they hear.

I keep seeing people writing ‘palava’ instead of ‘palaver’ on Mn, for instance.

*shop.nordstrom.com/c/womens-coats/parker~6688

Women's Parker Coats, Jackets & Blazers*

Parker is a brand in this case

Puffs is a brand, but parka isn’t, so no excuse for “parkers”

When trying to buy a cheapish one on eBay recently for dog walking, I had to search for parkas and parkers separately because they are so commonly misspelt.

Ah, well in the Nordstrom case there are parkers, but the parka has been around for a very long time!

Parker is a brand in this case

I didn't realise that. This is more confusing than I realised.

When trying to buy a cheapish one on eBay recently for dog walking, I had to search for parkas and parkers separately because they are so commonly misspelt

This ^ shopping on eBay can be difficult because of all the different ways things seemed to be spelled.

It was definitely 'Parka' in the 70's when I was ever so proud to get my first one 😁