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Old 02-04-2016, 03:41 PM  
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Originally Posted by dyna mo View Post
As the op points out, nowadays it simply depends on what you usually call them.

I'd call that last pic a down jacket.
Yeah, but lets see my argument, which is pretty simple:

If it is "the same" (and not, as wikipedia put it, "sometimes informally used interchangeably") people should be calling each of those either coat or jacket with the same confidence and conviction.

For example you have a guest wearing #1 and say "take of you coat". And then have a guest wearing #5 and say "take of your coat". And in both instances you should feel the same confidence and conviction while saying those phrases, because it is "the same"....

If you follow my drift..

That is why I say no to "it is the same" and yes to "sometimes informally used interchangeably".
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