costume

[Rex_Tremende]

This old gal may have been using a language of old where words and phrases were different than they sometimes are today, but the otherwise use of current language leads me to believe she was merely ignornant of the reality.

That's why I often use the question, "How do you mean?" (or some variation) when I feel that I might go off half-cocked on something someone says to me. It gives me the chance to listen a second time to be sure I understood what the speaker was saying, and to re-evaluate my gut reaction to the first thing.

Regards,
Rex.

[SteveB]

American term "Swimsuit" is still referred to as "Bathing Costume" in most of the rest of the world.

[wyldathart]

That's why I often use the question, "How do you mean?" (or some variation) when I feel that I might go off half-cocked on something someone says to me. It gives me the chance to listen a second time to be sure I understood what the speaker was saying, and to re-evaluate my gut reaction to the first thing.

Regards,
Rex.

I try to do so as often as possible. Sometimes folks just say something that they meant one way and it came off another. I'm guilty of that alot .