Pretty purple parrots on jungle print and Blue Top from GG and the mathematical GG>5 sign. Oops. No. Dress 184

 





Blue polyester top from GG>5. Oops. I typed it the wrong way round! It's a good thing I photographed the label. Their Letters GG in their name stand for Generation Gap.  (A bit like Next, which was to bridge the gap between clothes for the young and clothes for the older buyers and wearers.)

The Letters GG are followed by a sign like an arrow head pointing forward pointing. I wondered, how am I going to type that? For you, my reader. The clothes company websites explained that the forward arrowhead is a mathematical symbol.

I copied the sign and googled and a website said it is the sign for narrowing in mathematics, and a keyboard symbol. I looked at my keyboard and found the sign  above the full stop (Americans say period). 

What That Arrow Head Means In Maths (Americans say math)

My husband drew the sign with the v on its side. The fat end is the bigger one. With the arrowhead pointing towards the five, what preceded was larger. It means greater than 5. You can write it in mathematatics in both directoions, meaning 6 is greater than five, depending which way round yuou put the 5 and the 6. You can strike it through to mean 5 is not greater than 6. You can also add a line to mean equal to or greater than.Well, I never.

So, the name means narrowing the generation gap. I have to thank that blouse, that label, that company, that website, that day, for teaching me and you a sign on the keyboard.

That's the name. What about the clothes? To me they looked very conventional, designed for the slim, small-chested Singaporean teenager (and other ages who might be mistaken for teenagers).

When I looked at the clothing company's website in January 2021 I thought their models seemed expressionless bordering on glum, which is the fashion nowadays. I suppose that by wearing neutral expressions they don't distract from the clothes.

Meanwhile, I am smiling enthusiastically. Clothes and colours make me feel happy.

Useful Websites

https://www.gg5.com/category/sale

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Greater-than_sign

Fabric, black background and bright parrots, reasonably priced in one meter length eg for apron and matching mask for child 

https://www.etsy.com/uk/listing/763055393/rose-hubble-100-cotton-poplin-fabric?ga_order=most_relevant&ga_search_type=all&ga_view_type=gallery&ga_search_query=jungle+parrot+fabric&ref=sr_gallery-1-4

Jungle and pineapple print

https://www.amazon.co.uk/King-Kameha-Hawaiian-Shortsleeve-Pineapple

Jungle print bedding sets from Spotlight

https://www.spotlightstores.com/sg/bed/bed-linen/quilt-covers/koo-lilou-quilt-cover-set/

Rainforest bedding sets from Amazon

https://www.amazon.com/Rainforest-Tropical-Illustration-Bedspread-Childrens/

Tree bedding from Amaxon

https://www.amazon.com/Tree-Bedding-Sets/s?k=Tree+Bedding+Sets

Bird Bedding

Dunelm have in Jan 2021, teal colour bird bedding sets and duck egg blue.

Parrot headband

https://www.amazon.co.uk/Lurrose-Colorful-Headband-Fascinator-Headdress/

Feather wrist parrot

https://www.amazon.co.uk/Bristol-Novelty-BA351-Feather-Unisex-Adult/

Parrot puppets

Cheap green puppet

https://www.amazon.co.uk/Puppet-Company-Colourful-Birds-Green/

Black and yellow with squeaker only ten pounds and free dlivery in UK

https://www.amazon.co.uk/Black-squeaker-stories-educational-delivery

Black crow hand puppet with squeaker to signal tidy up time at home or in school

https://www.amazon.co.uk/Puppet-Company-Large-Birds-Crow/dp/


About the Author

Angela Lansbury teacher of English (advanced and English as a Second Language or English as a Foreign Language, French and other languages, aspiring polyglot.

Angela Lansbury, travel writer and photographer, author and speaker. Member of many toastmasters  speaker training clubs and speaking contest judge.

Angela Lansbury, the author of 20 books including Wedding Speeches & Toasts, and Quick Quotations, has lived in the USA, Spain and Singapore. 
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