PINNIES OR PENNIES.

[ESPN]

PINNIES OR PENNIES.

Personally I believe that it is pinnies. To me pennies are money and pinnies are reversable jerseys. But I see that alot of people on here refer to reversable jerseys as pennies. YOU DECIDE. 1 month to vote.

[JaxLax30]

I pronounce it pinnies, but which way is the word spelled, pinnies or pennies?

[bigdale9]

pennies but only because thats how my fmr. varsity coach called them that, even in his lax camp flyer

[UVAlaxer432]

pennies, pinnies sound wierd IMO

[Orange]

Pinny, pinny, pinny. It's spelled pinny, so I don't see why people call them pennies.

[sailorslax88]

its pinny, and pinnies, pennies are copper coins with some president on them

[ESPN]

Pinny, pinny, pinny. It's spelled pinny, so I don't see why people call them pennies.

its pinny, and pinnies, pennies are copper coins with some president on them

thats how i felt and have alwys called it..i have never heard of pnnies until i joined this site..

[MaKiMaKi13]

its sorta like gray and grey whats the difference?

[HawkletLax]

its pennies. its a fact look it up

[TigerMiddie08]

I say pennies.

[ML_LAX09]

I use them interchangably.

[murderlax]

i say pennys.

no differnce really.

[mrguyname]

pinnies.. kinda random but does anyone know how to shrink pinnies so they dont always slip down your shoulder caps?

[the next 'one']

the actual word meaning a reversable jersey is speleld pinny. i agree with Orange. if it's a PINNY, why call it a penny?

[navylax161]

i pronounce it pinny, but never acually thought about how it's spelled.

[wz3]

What's the point of this? Couldn't you have just looked it up in the dictionary?

[sean350]

pinny:
noun
a sleeveless dress resembling an apron; worn over other clothing [syn: jumper]

pen·ny:
noun pl. pen·nies

5. One of a set of colored, usually sleeveless shirts worn as a temporary team uniform, as when scrimmaging.

Hmmm... the definition of pinny is close, but def. 5 from the American Heritage Dictionary seems to seal the deal. Pennies it is. Spread the word.
-Sean

[THALAX]

I call them practice jerseys. I'm such a non-conformist.

[BurnSomeRope]

I call them practice jerseys. I'm such a non-conformist.

glad to see i'm not alone.

[kevidinho]

What's the point of this? Couldn't you have just looked it up in the dictionary?

Because no matter what is is, some people are going to call them pennies and some are going to call them pinnies.

I voted pinnie, but I probably use both because I had to think about which one to vote for.

[Wooks]

Well I say pennies and pronounce it like pennies. It's simply how I always heard coaches say it my whole life.

[thepalehorse]

put on your pinnie not put on your penny. pennie=reversable, pennie=$

[FCLax]

Haha what's crazy is I was talking with one of the guys i coach with today and he asked me this exact same question. Weird. But it's pinny and pinnies, pronounced pih-nee. Working at a lacrosse store, I've seen my fair share of mags with reversible and practice jerseys, but i've seen a few with them being called 'pinnies', none of which were spelled 'penny'. I've always thought it was a stupid Colorado thing pronouncing it penny, but I guess it's not!

[smallsmx3]

theyre called pennies....there cheap inexpensive practice jerseys. there pennies because they don't cost a whole lot to purchase

[rynolax]

I say pinnies, but my coach and dad calls them pennies. I think it is pinnies, so i voted pinnies.
And i also agree with maki, its like grey and gray.

[lildixon]

down heres in the south we's called it a pundy

[RazzMaChazz]

i call them reversibles.

[brainddeadjock]

does it really matter?

[NC_Goalie_Girl]

i agree, its like gray and grey.
but i call them pennies

[Bobsch]

I call them practice jerseys. I'm such a non-conformist.

Same here. That or practice vests.

[XxlacrossexX]

I call them pennis, but spell it pinnies on tay eentarwebs

[sailorslax88]

pinnies.. kinda random but does anyone know how to shrink pinnies so they dont always slip down your shoulder caps?

you cant shrink them because they are not cotton. you can tape the back but then that obscures the numbers and you look like a soccer girl. i dont really know what you can do besides get broader shoulders... hah

[Steely Dan]

Its Pinnies becuase it is a shortened modified version of the word Pinafore:

pin·a·fore (pn-fôr, -fr)
n.
A sleeveless garment similar to an apron, worn especially as an overdress.
[pin + afore (so called because formerly pinned to the front of the garment).]

[NALC24]

I call them practice jerseys. I'm such a non-conformist.

me 2 i had never even heard them called pinnies or pennies until the other month

[sean350]

Its Pinnies becuase it is a shortened modified version of the word Pinafore:

pin·a·fore (pn-fôr, -fr)
n.
A sleeveless garment similar to an apron, worn especially as an overdress.
[pin + afore (so called because formerly pinned to the front of the garment).]

I would disagree on this one.

I don't think anyone on TLF has the attention span to actually read what was posted previously...

If you look at earlier posts, I wrote:

pinny:
noun
a sleeveless dress resembling an apron; worn over other clothing [syn: jumper]

pen·ny:
noun pl. pen·nies

5. One of a set of colored, usually sleeveless shirts worn as a temporary team uniform, as when scrimmaging.

Hmmm... the definition of pinny is close, but def. 5 from the American Heritage Dictionary seems to seal the deal. Pennies it is. Spread the word.
-Sean]

Def. 5 is definitely closer to what we call a "penny", although I always called them pinnies, which is close, but we don't wear sleeveless dresses or aprons when we practice. However, we do wear sleeveless shirts worn as a temporary uniform.
-Sean

[kleinlax-75]

how about a practice jersey?

[budman_30]

PENNIES but im from michigan lol

[Steely Dan]

we don't wear sleeveless dresses or aprons when we practice. However, we do wear sleeveless shirts worn as a temporary uniform.

Hmmm. I also disagree, I think that we DO use a modified version of these sleeveless aprons (See pic 1) which over time have become made of mesh and the shape has changed (pic 2). The Pinny shown below is very definately a form of apron, and in many places still needsto be pinned on (the bottom isn't attached by string/elastic as shwon in this image).

Obviously many teams now use lax specific tops (pic 3) which are more Practice Jerseys than Pinniess, being made from a similar material to actual jerseys. Originally the whole purpose of a Pinny was simply to denote a number of seperate colours for teams and the style wasn't particularly relevant. However as the usage became more specific the shape changed and so did the wording used. I would suggest that the work Pennie has become used over time as a *******isation of the original word Pinny and has now been accepted as an alternative word for the same thing though.

http://www.sportsleisurewear.com/thums/pro-star-revBIB-L-R.jpg http://www.sportsleisurewear.com/thums/Prostar-mesh-rev-BIB-scarle.jpg http://e-lacrosse.com/Merchant2/graphics/00000001/pracmeshbig.jpg
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i agree, its like gray and grey.
but i call them pennies

Not quite but I guess its similar, the difference here (between the two different uses of Grey/Gray) is that the original English word was always Grey, however a number of people throughout history have had Gray as a surname. The American population took the two similar sounding words and associated them with the same thing (namely a colour), however there is also a distinct difference when used scientifically as the word Gray is also an SI unit (Gy) for the Energy Absorbsion of Ionising Radiation. Hope that helps

[Sour]

scrimmage vest

[wolfenburg]

"Leipchen" whats the problem with this?
and to be more accutate "Waendeleipchen"

[DanTheMan]

it is just like tomato tomato