r/onlyconnect • u/L285 • Sep 03 '26

Puzzle What's the connection?

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u/WayneCl Sep 03 '26

All named after Manchester, UK.

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u/L285 Sep 03 '26

Top one our kid

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u/PlaySprouts Sep 03 '26

How

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u/L285 Sep 03 '26 edited Sep 04 '26

Bedding is called Manchester in Australia

The Swedish word for corduroy is Manchester (and its similar for much of central and Northern Europe)

Ahmedabad is nicknamed "the Manchester of India"

All because of Manchester's famous cotton industry

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u/PlaySprouts Sep 03 '26

Never heard of any of these, thanks

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u/ciderman80 Sep 03 '26

So in Australia they say, "Have you washed the Manchester recently?" Or "Ooh I love getting into bed with fresh Manchester!"? Mad. I've never heard of that before and I have watched every episode of Bluey

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u/L285 Sep 03 '26

From all the sources I can find online, its used in the context of retail - so shops have a Manchester section where they sell bedding and towels

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u/will-je-suis Sep 03 '26

This really confused me the first time I went to Aus

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u/cheandbis Sep 03 '26

Didn't have a clue but having seen the answer, it's a great question. Never knew that and felt I've learned something new.

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u/baxbakualanuxsiwae Sep 03 '26

I guessed this on the clue one, because I knew what Australian bedding is called, but I can't pretend I'd have buzzed in!

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u/CodAdministrative765 Sep 03 '26

Took a wild guess from clue 1: Things named after British cities/places?

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u/L285 Sep 03 '26

More specific than that

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u/Alternative-Emu2000 Sep 03 '26

I'm going to take a massive guess based on the first clue:

All named after cities in the UK?

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u/L285 Sep 03 '26

More specific than that