My brother attends Brown University in Providence, RI and he pointed out to me that all the dry cleaners there are called dry cleansers.  Notice the addition of the "s" into the middle.  I am from New York and have never seen this before.  Can anyone from the area tell me the reason behind this regional spelling?

- [glow=red,2,300]- Robby[/glow]

I don’t know the reason for this regional spelling but I know that the term "cleanser" is a "cleaner" used only for face.

I hope I gave you a part of the answer.

Oldsters might remember the TV ad for "Bum Bum Bum Bum Bum New Super AJAX the foaming CLEANSER . . . " Fortunately for you all we can’t, I hope, insert audio files or I might have attempted to sing it for you.

EdW  :-X

New Super AJAX the foaming CLEANSER

Who could forget. But my favorite (spurious) tagline was:  "kills 99% of known germs and takes the other one percent prisoner".  ;D

- PW

Just a feeling, but cleanse always seems more thorough than clean - as though you’re making something perfectly clean rather than just cleaner.

yD defines cleanse as:

To free from dirt, defilement, or guilt; purge or clean.

... which does seem a bit more rigorous than:

To rid of dirt, rubbish, or impurities.

Even though yD includes clean in the definition of cleanse, they’re definitely not synonyms. Can you imagine the odious euphemism "ethnic cleansing" being replaced by "ethnic cleaning"? That conjures up a maidservant from a faraway land rather than a massacre…

Ed

Ed, despite the gory topic, your last statement made me chuckle.

In addition, I would like to add the obvious point—while cleaner also functions as a comparative, cleanser does not.

-Tim

anti aging cream…

I didnt use anti-aging creams one year ago until I begain noticing some age spots on my face. I’ve had wrinkles for 2 years and usually just use regular face cream, but it doesn’t really work at all.
so i tried these in one year:
Eat more chocolate, it’s said to boost your body’s ability to reverse the signs of aging. After 3 months trying, the result is: no effect at all.
Then i bought Retino-A, feels better then, but didnt actually reduce some fine lines.
Then one free stuff, pretty damn effective in the first 3 months and the age spots were gone, but then i feel a bit of dry, so I’m trying to search for the right products that will help to maintain young and dewy, not just the appearance, any advice?
What do you think of Dr.Denese and Dermapril?

So, what was the free stuff you mention???

The I BEFORE E debate had some interesting arguments in England;
ACB what about it?  Heard any good ones.
  Link: top story:    http://www.worldwidewords.org/nl/bysr.htm

I have never heard of this anywhere earlier…but is this grammatically correct?

bestbluray001 - 28 July 2009 07:19 AM

I have never heard of this anywhere earlier…but is this grammatically correct?

I am not sure I, for one, understand what you are asking:
the I before E debate?
In English the rule (with many exceptionS) is I before E - believe.
except after C - receive.
Is that what you are asking?

I think they use cleansers just to be different.

Kaida Suyuki - 29 July 2009 08:24 AM

I think they use cleansers just to be different.

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Is DRY-CLEANER same as DRY CLEANING?
In the Philippines, we just say LAUNDRY.
sleeper: I’ll go to the LAUNDRY because I have no time to wash my clothes.

sleeper - 21 October 2009 03:54 PM

Is DRY-CLEANER same as DRY CLEANING?
In the Philippines, we just say LAUNDRY.
sleeper: I’ll go to the LAUNDRY because I have no time to wash my clothes.

Dry Cleaning is a way of cleaning that uses chemicals to remove dirt rather than water and detergent.
Dry Cleaner is a person (or store) that does dry cleaning.

Laundry would be a water based washing, is this what you go to.

We use the term, cleaners, as in “My suit is at the cleaners.”

(But you should never let someone “take you to the cleaners.”