santa22
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I know that there names may be different, but i'm just wondering if there's a physical difference between diapers and nappies?
santa22 said:I know that there names may be different, but i'm just wondering if there's a physical difference between diapers and nappies?
Meowstic said:It's like 'tire' and 'tyre'. Different word, same meaning.
santa22 said:I know that there names may be different, but i'm just wondering if there's a physical difference between diapers and nappies?
All former Uk colonial countriesSnivy said:One is a Diaper: http://www.thefreedictionary.com/diaper -this falls on the cotton category-
Other is a Nappy: http://www.thefreedictionary.com/nappy -Except this falls on the hair category-
I guess it is a different word people are comfortable with physically saying.
You hear the word "nappy" from New Zealand, South Africa, Ireland, Uk, Australia and found one from wikipedia: Zimbabwe
wetatnight said:nappies and diapers are basically the same thing
cloth nappies tend to be made of terry cloth similar to bath towels where cloth diapers are usually a different type of cloth like birds eye, gauze or flannel
parcelboy2 said:All former Uk colonial countries
In the U.S 'tire' is both a wheel and when you're exhausted.tiny said:Tire means "to become weary", but a tyre is what you put on a wheel to aid traction. (In Britland anyway!)
But yes -- nappy and diaper are just regional variations for the same object.
santa22 said:I know that there names may be different, but i'm just wondering if there's a physical difference between diapers and nappies?
'nappy/nappe', although used from the 15th century, was really popularized with the development of mass production in weaving, during the Industrial Revolution, and such popularity of use was taken from the Flemish weavers' use of 'noppe' (or it's then equivilent; sorry, can't remember for sure, but i think it can be confused with the modern Dutch 'knappen'), they having been brought to Britain to establish the terry-towelling 'nappy' weave, looms and techniques.diaper weaves are based on further development of herringbone twill
Abdlforever said:In the U.S 'tire' is both a wheel and when you're exhausted.
tiny said:I remember seeing the word "night" commonly spelt "nite" on signs when I was in the US. And "doughnuts" spelt "donuts". I always wondered (as with "tire") -- are they legitimate spellings that would be acceptable on, say, an (American) English exam... Or are they tongue-in-cheek jokes about crazy spelling...?
Like... you see the letters "EZ" on signs/products because (with US pronunciation) it sounds like "easy". But (I assume) you would be marked down in an exam for spelling "easy" like that! Is it the same with "nite" and "donuts" and "tire"...? Or are they equally valid in formal use?