we're at the point of british summer where we are officially into bullshit territory
i can tell because I am absolutely going to have to use, instead of a duvet, an empty duvet cover just so I have SOMETHING covering me so I can comfortably sleep, but also not something so thick that I become an easy bake sknq in my bed.
@Nine Why not just a sheet?
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@Felthry i mean it basically is a sheet at this point, it's just I don't have a single layer sheet to trhrow on my bed, but we do have a plethora of spare duvet covers
@Nine Is that common in the UK? In the US, you generally have a sheet and a blanket and a duvet (if you mean what we think you mean by that, which is called a comforter over here) is an optional extra--you have either one of those or a quilt
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@Felthry uh...
shit let me just quickly look up terms here because quilt and duvet are interchangable terms here I think?
there's always a base sheet, like a fitted sheet, or a flat sheet, that fits over the mattress, pillow cases, and then you have your duvet/quilt over the top of that which is inside a cover thing.
Sheets that go under/above the duvet are rare? I mean they do happen but they're usually pretty rare, as is a blanket on top (usually we just get a thicker duvet)
@Nine Here it's mattress/fitted-sheet/plain-sheet/blanket/quilt. the quilt is always the top thing
and over here, a quilt is one that doesn't have a covering, and a comforter does, which is why I said comforter when you mentioned a duvet cover
@Felthry yeah, I think Duvet and Comforter are the same thing, that's where the confusion of. thanks! ^^
@Nine A quilt is generally about as substantial as a duvet/comforter cover, so it's nto a huge pain to wash or anything. Comforters are not often used here because it rarely gets cold enough.
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@Felthry ohh I see yeah, okay, we usually use Duvet's in the UK rather than quilts. Duvets are like, just a big, flat pillow that spans p.much the whole bed, and have a cover that fits over them, that you can remove and wash separately without having to wash and dry the whole thing like with a quilt or blanket.