Who put the broad in broadcloth?

[write-light.livejournal.com]

Springs Mills, 1952!  That's who!

Comments

[pen-grunt.livejournal.com]

"We put the 'broad' in broadcloth..."

...ha-cha-cha-chaaaa!

It's missing a cigar-ashing and an eyebrow waggle.

[luke-russell.livejournal.com]

I remember my father (note: he was born in 1903) would - on rare occasion - call a woman a "broad" or a "dame" and it was always meant in the most uncomplimentary way! So this advert surprises me somewhat.

[mellzie-1963.livejournal.com]

She was one of the principal "Dolls" in Guys and Dolls, so she was well-known for playing a character who was definitely a "broad".

[pikkewyntjie.livejournal.com]

I have heard "dame" used either way, but it always seems like "broad" was more of an insult as in "dumb broad."

[write-light.livejournal.com]

dame= high class?
broad= low class?

[luke-russell.livejournal.com]

My father's translation:

"dame" = she's THINKS she's high class (but isn't)
"broad" = floozy

[mellzie-1963.livejournal.com]

Now I have Miss Adelaide's voice in my head.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aGF8SDAj2YA

[cuddyclothes.livejournal.com]

I grew up with the cast album. The dress and the fitted sheets are kind of an odd juxtaposition, but that seems to be how Springmaid rolls.

[pikkewyntjie.livejournal.com]

I live about 40 miles from Lancaster. These ads make me sad because they remind me of all the dilapidated textile mills around here. They're so massive that it costs a fortune to tear them down so these huge blighted buildings are everywhere.

[franklanguage.livejournal.com]

I haven't seen any in the abandonedplaces community; what's up with that?

[pikkewyntjie.livejournal.com]

Looks like I have a job to do! There are several mills just within my own zip code that have been closed for years. Some still have "for sale" signs so they haven't technically been abandoned, but they have been sitting for quite awhile. Some people have already documented some of these places. I drive past this one every time I go to my son's school:

http://www.flickr.com/photos/leohohmann/sets/72157624861352801/

[hippiegal22.livejournal.com]

I thought that was Doris Day for a moment!