In response to our conversation about using the term bedroom suite to denote a collection of furniture, Judith in Glen Rose, Texas, shares a hilarious story about when her Pennsylvania-born beau misunderstood what she meant when she told him she bought a $600 bedroom suit. This is part of a complete episode.
Transcript of “You Paid How Much for What?”
A while back we were discussing bedroom furniture and how taken together that furniture can be called either a bedroom suite or a bedroom suit.
You remember that conversation, Grant?
Right, and that surprised a lot of people because they’d only ever heard suite and they thought suit was automatically wrong.
Well, funny you should mention that because that prompted an email about bedroom suit versus bedroom suite from Judith Moore D’Amico, who lives in Glen Rose, Texas.
And Judith writes, this nearly caused a hiccup in the relationship between me and my fiancé.
I called him and told him I had found a really good deal on a bedroom suit for only $600.
There was a long silence followed by a rather timid, was that a good deal?
The poor man was from Pittsburgh, PA and thought I was not only spending $600 on a nightgown, but also thought that was a good deal.
Well, he wasn’t sure.
Poor guy, what am I getting into?
A $600 bedroom suit better come with champagne and strawberries.
And a masseuse.
And rose petals.
And a hotel room in Hawaii.
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