Thank you Julian for your fabulous personal account.  It made for very
interesting reading on this otherwise dull & rainy day.
--cin
Cynthia Barnes
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> Date: Mon, 18 Jan 2010 18:39:34 +0000 (GMT)
> From: julian wilson <[email protected]>
> To: Historical Costume <[email protected]>
> Subject: [h-cost] OT regional english for mangle

> Ok, Guys and Gals,
> ?there is obviously a terminology divide between the UK and the USA, as well 
> as a Time divide here.
> May I put in a comments from an ageing Britisher?
> ?Most of you who remember an ironing "mangle"? being used by your female 
> relatives seem to have grown-up in the USA, post WW2 - quite a long way 
> after, at that.
<snipped to be concise>
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