Is my DH demented?

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My DH calls bedding bedclothes. AIBU to think that he needs professional help?

He is technically correct. But people don’t seem to use that term much anymore!

Ooh, they have wincyette nightdresses! I remember those.

Actually I was looking for proper nightdresses a couple of winters ago, floor length with long sleeves and elasticated cuffs. Looks like I might have to get out the sewing machine (old house, no heating). I make do with pyjamas, socks and a fleece bed top as sold by Asda or Tesco.

I'm Cornish, and I've never heard of this doona nonsense. I do say bathing suit or swimming costume. And underpants for boys, knickers for girls. And bed clothes, sheets, or bed linen. I mean, I might say bedding, but it's a new thing, just laziness. We have dinner around midday and tea in the evening. Then supper just before bed. And crowse in the morning.

I'm only 32.

What time do you go to bed tothappy
I’ve never understood supper. We have breakfast 8am, lunch 12.30pm, and dinner 5.30pm.. dc have a few snacks in between.

@Ticklingcheese

I hated sheets & blankets too - can't bear to be tucked in 🥴

my bathing costume has a moth hole on the left elbow. I must get it darned.

@PigletJohn 🤣

Clothes maiden here

Love it

That's why Australian departmental stores have a section called 'Manchester'.

'Hi,could you direct me to the Manchester, please?'

^^

Is this true?

Swim gear was always swimming togs when I was a kid.. Bed clothes, trainers/sneakers are called Runners or Kicks in Dublin
Dressing gown or house coat

Yes it’s true Managedmis

Possibly why it's called Manchester:

www.justbedding.com.au/blog/the-history-of-manchester/

All this has brought it back to me that we had a chest in my parent's house called the bedding box.

Yup, that's what I was told. Anyone live in Cottonpolis?

If DH thinks me or the DC are dehydrated he says 'you need to take on some fluids' can't help but think of body fluids whenever he says it 🤮

My DP insists on saying push-bike instead of just bike or bicycle.

Is he a biker? The only people I know who refer to bikes as push-bikes are bikers because they say that a bike has an engine and they need to differentiate between an 'actual' bike and one that you have to pedal! (Am also in N Ireland)

DH is correct.

I call it bedclothes.

Anyone else's dh say 'casual slacks'? mine does all the time - he thinks he's hilarious but in public it can be a tad...embarrassing..

My DH says house coat. I say dressing gown. He says it's a Scottish thing 🤷‍♀️

Time40

I love the sound of your mil.

Bathing costume is fab, as is mobile telephone.

@Ticklingcheese

But someone please explain tea to me?
If you eat tea what do you call drinking tea. When you are invited for tea how do you know, if you will get something to eat?

Tea is a drink but also can be used in some families / areas to mean the evening meal.

Where I live (London) it is :

Breakfast
Lunch
Dinner

and tea is a drink.

In some areas it is:

Breakfast
Lunch
Tea

I'd say the time you were asked to be there would indicate if it was a cup of tea or something to eat.

I love that they're called Manchester! Makes perfect sense to call them after Cottonopolis.

These are funny

I think a lot of it is generational. My dad can’t seem to say he will ‘phone’ or ‘call’ me- it has to be telephone. He also calls chocolate etc ‘confectionary’ which irrationally annoys me.

One that always makes me laugh and cringe in equal measure is ‘sweetmeats’ - what even is that? Pastries etc?! And does anyone use the term these days? The two words do not work together, makes me think of putrefying meat

@MitziK brilliant summary! Manchester is a revelation.

Aussies/Kiwis call flip-flops "jandals" (or is it jandles?! Someone will let me know).

Well, at least he doesn't say 'bathing drawers' for swimming trunks/shorts, as I seem to recall an older relative doing.

My DF carried on saying 'wireless' long after everyone else had been saying 'radio' for years. Anyone calling it a radio irritated him.

I always thought bed jackets were those lacy, beribboned knitted things women used to wear for sitting up in bed in pre-central heating days. Presumably if you were ill, or for when the parlourmaid brought your breakfast on a tray - before she'd lit the fire in your bedroom, of course.

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