Wordie: Bumbershoot: Comments

Comment by dontcry, 28 days ago

Sat, 10 Oct 2009 20:14:12 +0000

We say bumbershoot -- well, mostly my parents do, who are from Western PA.

Comment by oroboros, 2 months ago

Fri, 21 Aug 2009 16:34:05 +0000

See brolly.

Comment by slumry, over 2 years ago

Thu, 12 Jul 2007 14:37:18 +0000

Seattle has an annual arts festival called Bumbershoot,

Comment by reesetee, over 2 years ago

Sun, 29 Apr 2007 12:14:44 +0000

Funny, EV--around my area it's bumpershoot (with a "p" in place of the second "b." :-)

Comment by edwardvielmetti, over 2 years ago

Sat, 28 Apr 2007 15:39:36 +0000

a funny word for umbrella, though this Swedish Chef video hints at it also being another name for blunderbuss: http://vielmetti.typepad.com/vacuum/2007/04/definitive_answ.html