manchester

English translation: corduroy

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Swedish term or phrase:manchester
English translation:corduroy
Entered by: Jan Schauseil

03:59 Dec 18, 2012
Swedish to English translations [PRO]
Science - Meteorology
Swedish term or phrase: manchester
From a tour catalogue for the Swedish mountains:

Manchestermorgon
Du får tillträde till backen innan den öppnar och du får uppleva manchestern eller nysnön när den är som bäst.
Jan Schauseil
Local time: 00:01
corduroy
Explanation:
Compare the two links and the respective example sentences.

I'm a Nordic-style skier who has never bought a lift ticket. ;-) But I know what "corduroy" refers to, i.e., the ribbed surface left immediately after the grooming machine gets done and before any skier has been on the groomed slope. But I'm damned if I know where the "manchester" part comes from. Maybe some Swede or Brit will enlighten us?

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Note added at 23 mins (2012-12-18 04:22:38 GMT)
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Mystery solved (for this American): "In continental Europe, corduroy is commonly known simply as "Manchester" or "Cord". http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Corduroy
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Charles Ek
United States
Local time: 12:01
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3corduroy
Charles Ek
3velvet snow
SafeTex


  

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17 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5
corduroy


Explanation:
Compare the two links and the respective example sentences.

I'm a Nordic-style skier who has never bought a lift ticket. ;-) But I know what "corduroy" refers to, i.e., the ribbed surface left immediately after the grooming machine gets done and before any skier has been on the groomed slope. But I'm damned if I know where the "manchester" part comes from. Maybe some Swede or Brit will enlighten us?

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Note added at 23 mins (2012-12-18 04:22:38 GMT)
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Mystery solved (for this American): "In continental Europe, corduroy is commonly known simply as "Manchester" or "Cord". http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Corduroy

Example sentence(s):
  • ALL MOUNTAIN SKIDOR Skidor som fungerar i allt från smala couloirer till perfekt manchester och allt däremellan.
  • ALL MOUNTAIN SKI Skis designed to excel in everything from steep couloirs to perfect corduroy, and everything in-between.

    Reference: http://www.salomon.com/se/segment/all-mountain-ski.html
    Reference: http://www.salomon.com/us/segment/all-mountain-ski.html
Charles Ek
United States
Local time: 12:01
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
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2 days 15 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5
velvet snow


Explanation:
I'm not a skier but I have a hunch that if you want to say the snow is a soft as corduroy, then the adjective to use is 'velvet'

see the video 'velvet snow' to see the conditions


    Reference: http://www.backcountrymagazine.com/index.php?option=com_cont...
SafeTex
France
Local time: 18:01
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