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Does everyone in non-Australia seriously call them twin beds?

Twin? Really?

Single/double works so well. Twin/double is more... aren't they the same? It sounds weird.

I'm rather confused.

Date: 2016-01-01 08:28 pm (UTC)
petzipellepingo: (us flag by eyesthatslay)
From: [personal profile] petzipellepingo
A bed that can fit one person is called a twin and people used to buy two of them for two siblings (twin or otherwise), a bed that could fit two people (this is years ago mind you) is called a double bed. There were no queen or king beds when all of this naming started.

Date: 2016-01-01 10:02 pm (UTC)
rebcake: Spike: What? (ats Spike what?)
From: [personal profile] rebcake
I am curious about this "king single". Smaller than a double?

Here in Cali, we have"

Twin
Twin XL (extra long, usually found in dorm rooms)
double (which is not double the size of a twin)
queen
king (aka Eastern or standard king)
California king (Western king, 4 inches longer and 4 inches narrower than a standard king)

Date: 2016-01-01 11:56 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] charliefred.blogspot.com
King singles are longer than singles. Queens and Kings are longer than Doubles and Singles, too. :)

Sue Ellen

Date: 2016-01-02 12:51 am (UTC)
lizbee: (Avatar: Toph is a bandit)
From: [personal profile] lizbee
It's rare, but we also have a queen single.

I had a queen single waterbed as a kid (Mum got them cheap, and figured they'd be good for my arthritis), and while getting linen for it was a pain (I think we mostly made do with double-bed stuff), I still miss it. (The bladder died after about ten years, and replacing it would have cost more than buying a new double waterbed.)

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