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There is label on our cloths giving information about how to do laundry.What is it called? ...... signs?
 

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To be honest, I don't know- I'll have to look it up. ;-)
 

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dmt_mst said:
There is label on our cloths giving information about how to do laundry.What is it called? ...... signs?

They are often called "instructions" for washing. :wink:
 
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dmt_mst said:
There is label on our cloths giving information about how to do laundry.What is it called? ...... signs?

They are often called "instructions" for washing. :wink:

Okay, okay, I agree with you, but the thing they're written on is a tag. Right? I think that what is wanted is a specific name for the object.
 

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Susie Smith said:
MikeNewYork said:
dmt_mst said:
There is label on our cloths giving information about how to do laundry.What is it called? ...... signs?

They are often called "instructions" for washing. :wink:

Okay, okay, I agree with you, but the thing they're written on is a tag. Right? I think that what is wanted is a specific name for the object.

I posted mine at the same time you posted yours. I didn't see yours until now. I don't know whether the "it" referred to the "label" or the "information". "Tag" is a good choice, but so is "label". :wink:
 
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MikeNewYork said:
Susie Smith said:
MikeNewYork said:
dmt_mst said:
There is label on our cloths giving information about how to do laundry.What is it called? ...... signs?

They are often called "instructions" for washing. :wink:

Okay, okay, I agree with you, but the thing they're written on is a tag. Right? I think that what is wanted is a specific name for the object.

I posted mine at the same time you posted yours. I didn't see yours until now. I don't know whether the "it" referred to the "label" or the "information". "Tag" is a good choice, but so is "label". :wink:

:D :wink:
 
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RonBee said:
I've seen it referred to as a care instruction label.


It is also referred to (apparently less often) as a care instruction tag.


:)

That's right. Care instruction tag/label is a better name for it because the garment cannot always be laundered, and instructions for pressing and drying, etc. are part of the information .
 
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