RE: OFF TOPIC was Re: French Fries - A Weighty Subject

Here in the Great White North we use both terms, "ironing" for when you
do it yourself and "pressed"
when a professional does it (also known as dry cleaning).  Anyone know
what it is in Swahili?

David Best

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>From:	Jonathan Jarrard[SMTP:jjarrard@ford.com]
>Sent:	Tuesday, April 14, 1998 9:26 AM
>To:	FTGZG-L@bolton.ac.uk
>Subject:	Re: OFF TOPIC was Re: French Fries - A Weighty Subject
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>Mark Sykes wrote:
>> 
>> Interestingly in Australia "Preen" is a spray used to apply starch to
>> clothes as they are being ironed (=	"pressed"  for those in the US)
>> It _would_ take a bizarre race to admit to that association.
>> 
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>No, we call it 'ironing', too.
>