Britpick Question

[amberfocus]

What is the standard color for tarps in the U.K.?  Over here it's a sort of bright blue, though they do come in other colors like silver or green.

Oh, and maybe you call them something else.  Here a tarp, short for tarpaulin, is a waterproof sheet of canvas or heavy duty plastic that you throw over things to keep the rain off.  Like if you were hauling stuff in a truck or you wanted something to cover the woodpile.

Comments

[doctorsdiva.livejournal.com]

Yes. Bright Blue sounds about right. We'd call it a tarpaulin.

[amberfocus.livejournal.com]

Thanks.

BritPick Question

[kahlan-1.livejournal.com]

From my experience Canvas tend to be green, plastic Blue.
we do use tarpaulin though

[lostwolfchats.livejournal.com]

yep - tarpaulin, deep, forest green, in my experience.

[maniacalshen.livejournal.com]

We're lazy over here and just say, "tarp." I've never actually heard someone pronounce the whole word, "tarpaulin." I'm not even sure where the emphasis goes! XD

[solarflar3.livejournal.com]

Blue, green, bright orange, silver. Any of those colours. We call them taups too.