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The Difference Between A Jersey And A Sweater
by Paul on 09/19/09 at 08:45 AM ET
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from Don Barrie at the Peterborough Examiner,
The Petes unveiled their new hockey sweaters last Thursday. The new design and material are part of a move the OHL and the CHA are taking to tap into the endorsement money for sweater exclusivity as their NHL counterparts.
Unfortunately many of the reports and the Petes’ actual press release referred to the new hockey apparel as a jersey, not the sweater that it is.
Here in Canada there are three accepted definitions for “jersey” according to my Funk and Wagnall Dictionary.
Jersey is a breed of a top milk-producing cow that looks like a Guernsey cow but for the black tip on her tail; it’s a type of wool and “a tightly fitting elastic jacket for women.”
There are also two geographic “Jerseys;” an island in the English Channel where the above mention cow hails from and a state in the U. S. , whose only purpose many claim is to hold up one end of the bridges and tunnels going into Manhattan.
Don Barrie is a retired schoolteacher, former scout for the NHL’s Buffalo Sabres and a member of the Canadian Lacrosse Hall of Fame and the Peterborough and District Sports Hall of Fame.
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Here in Michigan, we say pop...Just for the record. We’re pretty awesome.
Posted by Kris from MI on 09/19/09 at 10:06 AM ET
The only person I knew who called a couch a davenport was my late grandmother who lived in Iowa. I always thought it was a farm-county thing.
And I think if it isn’t a knitted fabric anymore, but a “high-performance, moisture-wicking, aerodynamically-designed engineered textile material” it loses any claim to the word sweater. Too many computer tests involved in the development.
Posted by Baroque from Michigan on 09/19/09 at 10:33 AM ET
Oxymoron Alert !!!! “Michigan” and “awesome” in the same sentence = epic FAIL
Posted by Hockey Is Life from USA on 09/19/09 at 11:58 AM ET
Not to sound like a Jerry Sienfield rant,…
Too late.
Posted by Lindas1st from New England on 09/19/09 at 02:23 PM ET
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I say let Canadians wear their sweaters with a crest. Americans will wear their jersey with a patch!
Posted by Tero from Tacoma on 09/19/09 at 09:09 AM ET