Bathing suit or swimsuit?

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@chai2,

depends on its function

if it's for lane swimming, masters' level classes, races etc. then I'm looking for a swimsuit

if it's for hanging around at a pool or beach, dipping into the lake/pool/ocean occasionally, I think people are going to buy a bathing suit

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@ehBeth,

You don't bathe in it, do you?

Well, you sun bathe, but do you say you're going sunbathing?

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Sub, hero, or grinder?....not to mention po' boy.

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@chai2,

that's another function one for me

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@ehBeth,

ehBeth wrote:

that's another function one for me

???

cocktail, or highball?

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@chai2,

sunbathing - they call it tanning now - but no one over the age of 12 does it outside

back in the day, we had sunsuits - which were pretty much bikinis

I still hear people talk about other people sunbathing - it doesn't seem anyone admits to doing it themselves - now they call it 'lounging'

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For cryin' out loud or for pete's sake?

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@chai2,

we have subs and gyros here - no heros/grinders or po' boys

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Is it a bag or a sack?

Do you scratch an itch or itch a scratch?
Can you itch an itch and scratch a scratch?

Yes.
But not if you are being questioned by a Senate Committee.

Do you pick, or pick at, your nose?
Joe(Well, stopit. )Nation

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@ehBeth,

ehBeth wrote:

back in the day, we had sunsuits -

HA!

Where I grew up sunsuits were those little romper thingies little girls wore...

http://sewmuchmore4kids.com/osc/images/Pink%20Sunsuit%20w%20Turtle%20edit.jpg

I can remember wearing one, and hating the way the elastic band dug into my leg.

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http://myupperwest.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/04/central-park-sheep-meadow.jpg

There are one or two people sunbathing/tanning on the Meadow everyday in NYC.

Most of them wear most of their bathing suit while doing this activity.

It does take a lot of concentration to walk through this crowd without having your eyes bug out.

Joe(Sometimes a thong looks like nothing at all.)Nation

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here we call it sunbakeing.

Speedos or togs?

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some local radio guys used to play a game called what's normal, one of the guys came from new jersey, the other from st. louis and they were working in detroit, they noticed that they called the same items by different names, then they'd ask the callers what they called them, pretty interesting sometimes

soda or pop?

running shoes or sneakers?

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Runners run in running shoes.
Joggers wear sneakers.

Joe(at least that's what the runners tell me.)Nation

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Bathers.

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Bathing suit or swimsuit?

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