I au paired for a French/American family in my teens . On the shopping list one day was ‘cotton’ I was a bit stumped as no colour was mentioned so I plumped for reels of white & black to be on the safe side. It transpired that I should have bought cotton wool. In the US its called cotton and cotton is thread! Duh....
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