[Vocabulary] Do you iron your clothes or press your clothes

[Aamir Tariq]

Do you iron your clothes or press your clothes or both?

My sister ironed my clothes.
Mom has pressed her clothes.

Regards
Aamir the Global Citizen

 

[GoesStation]

Iron.

 

[bhaisahab]

In India people "press their clothes". In most English speaking countries people "iron their clothes".

 

[Aamir Tariq]

If I were to engage in such a rime-wasting activity, I would probably iron ​my clothes.

What is rime-wasting activity?
Did you mean to say "time-wasting activity?

 

[Aamir Tariq]

In India people "press their clothes". In most English speaking countries people "iron their clothes".

Yes, we guys over here in Pakistan too press and iron our clothes. We can use either word press or iron in Pakistani English.

 

[emsr2d2]

Are you telling us that only men in Pakistan iron/press their clothes? How very modern! What do the women do?

I'm with Piscean on this - please stop using "guys" to mean people. Just say, "Here in Pakistan, we iron or press or clothes".

 

[Rover_KE]

The man in your picture is ironing the garment with an iron.

This tea towel is about to be pressed in a press.

 

[Aamir Tariq]

Are you telling us that only men in Pakistan iron/press their clothes? How very modern! What do the women do?

I'm with Piscean on this - please stop using "guys" to mean people. Just say, "Here in Pakistan, we iron or press or clothes".

when I posted a question related to "dude/buddy/pal" and I asked you people to tell me the equivalent for females then one of you people said that you people used "guys" collectively that also included women. Do you remember that?

 

[Aamir Tariq]

The man in your picture is ironing the garment with an iron.

This tea towel is about to be pressed in a press.

No no I wasn't asking about this press, I was asking if you guys also used the word "press" for ironing things as it is used in Pakistan and India. When we say she is pressing her clothes it means she is ironing her clothes. And I showed you a picture of a man ironing something so this is what we also call pressing in addition to ironing. So I was wondering if you people also used both the words or not.

 

[Raymott]

when I posted a question related to "dude/buddy/pal" and I asked you people to tell me the equivalent for females then one of you people said that you people used "guys" collectively that also included women. Do you remember that?

We normally say simply "you" in this context. "I asked you to tell me the equivalent ... then one of you said that you used "guys" ..."
You only need to qualify this when it's uncertain whether you are referring to one person or more than one. So, "one of you people" is never needed. The context is usually enough to determine number.

 

[bhaisahab]

Are you telling us that only men in Pakistan iron/press their clothes? How very modern! What do the women do?

I'm with Piscean on this - please stop using "guys" to mean people. Just say, "Here in Pakistan, we iron or press or clothes".

Many people in India take their clothes to a "pressing shop" to be "pressed". They are invariably run by men. Pressing shops like the one in the picture are found in almost every Indian town. As in this one, they are usually open to the street.