Tuesday 5 July 2011

Today’s Word – ‘manchester’ and ‘doonas’


That’s right this is Manchester with a small ‘m’. I first heard about manchester on sale in ads on TV. Wondered what it was and how can there be a sale…. Surely manchester is the city in UK. Asked a few people we know about what was manchester? Got a vague answer that it was sheets and duvet covers and things like that.
Tried Googleling it and found to have stores of manchester. It seems to be a loose term that can cover items of household like bedding, sheets, duvet covers, pillows and covers even. However this still is not clear as some ads have manchester and bedding mentioned separately while other ads have manchester and sheets mentioned separately.
So even after a bit of research I am still none wiser about manchester which is in some shops up to 70% less. Major shops selling manchester are found along the high street in Nunawading which has a row of shops selling beds and accessories. Now that brings another new word ‘doona’. This was pretty straight forward as this is a term for duvet. So maybe doona cover is a manchester…..

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