Talk:Bedding

Egyptian cotton term incorrect
The description is correct, but the term "Egyptian cotton" is not. It is incorrect to state that "Egyptian cotton" is long staple high quality cotton because it isn't. Only Mako cotton, that comes from Egypt but other countries of the world too, is the famous long staple and high quality cotton.

"Egyptian cotton" term only states the origin of the cotton, not its' quality. Regular cotton is produced in Egypt and it is egyptian cotton too, but the difference in quality is significant. In fact, a lot of mediocre cotton textile is sold under the "Egyptian cotton" description, falsely claiming the top quality of Mako cotton but in reality it is just the regular cotton and buyers unaware of the difference are being ripped off. I'll change the term to reflect the facts stated in this comment. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 120.22.215.129 (talk) 22:59, 30 July 2011 (UTC)

Bedding material: IKEA sizes
Is there something standard about these IKEA sizes, or do they only reflect one brand/chain of bedding? In the latter case having them here seems rather like advertising. 82.113.133.21 (talk) 10:17, 7 August 2012 (UTC)

Mattress sizes
Mattresses vary in height: no reference is made to this variable. How much "tuck-in" is required for sheets and blankets? WiddyBander (talk) 12:03, 11 September 2013 (UTC)

Terminology section
The terminology section appears to be USA based, as it has many words or phrases which I as a UK resident have never heard of before. Nor does it mention, for example, an eiderdown. 92.23.39.140 (talk) 17:16, 27 October 2013 (UTC)

Actually, I thought the terminology was largely British-based, because we don't have terms like a mattress topper or protector that are publicly used. If you went in to a U.S. store using those terminologies, you would receive a lot of dumbfounded looks. Stevenmitchell (talk) 17:13, 1 November 2021 (UTC)

'Antipodean English'?
I've never heard of 'Antipodean English' before. It's a nice change from US- and UK-English-speaking people pretending that theirs are the only forms of English, but I'm not sure it's accurate in this case. The disambiguation page for 'manchester' only mentions Australia and New Zealand, but do people in South Africa, Guyana, Fiji and other southern hemisphere countries call manchester by that term? MikZ (talk) 19:40, 20 March 2016 (UTC)

Oldest bedding
"The Border Cave site in the KwaZulu-Natal region of South Africa has been a rich source of archaeological knowledge about Stone Age humans because of its well-preserved stratigraphic record. Wadley et al. now report the discovery of grass bedding in Border Cave, dated to approximately 200,000 years ago. The bedding, identified with a range of microscopic and spectroscopic techniques, was mingled with layers of ash. It also incorporated debris from lithics, burned bone, and rounded ochre grains, all of which were of clear anthropogenic origin. The authors speculate that the ash may have been deliberately used in bedding to inhibit the movement of ticks and other arthropod irritants. These discoveries extend the record of deliberate construction of plant bedding by at least 100,000 years."

Grass and ash bedding, dated to at least 200,000 years old, has been found at an archaeological site in KwaZulu-Natal. Axxter99 (talk) 13:49, 15 August 2020 (UTC)

Bedding doesn't include the bedframe in English English?
I think the article is correct to say that in English-UK the mattress is included or sometimes included in the term, but I really don't think I've ever heard anyone refer to the solid parts of the bed (frame, platform/springs, headboard) as bedding. Bedding is always something soft. Any thoughts? FloweringOctopus (talk) 16:19, 12 April 2023 (UTC)