tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3020960402708303830.post4215834947027388870..comments2024-03-28T14:53:38.827-04:00Comments on BLCKDGRD: When the Stroke Came, Every Bottle Winked at Its NeighborUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3020960402708303830.post-26677721511953499102017-05-18T11:02:50.351-04:002017-05-18T11:02:50.351-04:00Sparrow did like Sparks. One of their songs is in ...Sparrow did like Sparks. One of their songs is in the trilogy of youtubes for High holy Egoslavian Bleggalgazing Day later this month.BDRhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06557941385560728052noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3020960402708303830.post-74077341275320964782017-05-18T10:26:10.456-04:002017-05-18T10:26:10.456-04:00Sparks. Holyfudge, who remembers freaking Sparks? ...Sparks. Holyfudge, who remembers freaking Sparks? I think whatsherbucket, the first one, Innocence, liked them, but I forget. I could be confusing them. Or her. See? I didn't remember Sparks because I'm a stroke.Landruhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11954074164878242561noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3020960402708303830.post-16583125373755379082017-05-18T10:06:10.918-04:002017-05-18T10:06:10.918-04:00Dear Forum,
Hoping someone out there can answer m...Dear Forum,<br /><br />Hoping someone out there can answer my question. I work at Target in Robina, Gold Coast, and customers keep asking me to direct them to Manchester. Surely not the Manchester I know, and after asking some of the staff, I found out that manchester means towels, bedding, linen etc. Does anyone know why. Sorry to have such a sad question to try and get you guys to answer, Regards Louisa.<br /> <br />Reply:<br />Manchester (i.e. the city) was a big centre of the cotton industry in the late 18th and the 19th century, and into the 20th century as well, and so cotton goods (principally sheets and towels) were given that name too: 'Manchester goods' became simply 'manchester'. The term used to be used in Britain as well, although it has fallen into complete disuse there.<br /><br />The term is still used in Australia, but as far as I can make out its use is totally confined to shops, principally department stores (the manchester department - as you say, being asked by someone to 'direct me to manchester', meaning the manchester department). I don't think people use it of the sheets and towels in their house.<br /><br />The use of the word 'linen' to refer to sheets and towels is even sillier, because apart from tea towels, hardly any sheets and towels are made of linen these days.<br /><br /><br /><br />Last edited by CPW; Oct 25th 2004 at 6:41 am. <br /><br />http://britishexpats.com/forum/australia-54/why%60s-called-manchester-262081/mistah charley, ph.d.https://www.blogger.com/profile/06303695341246058680noreply@blogger.com