2006-07-20 10:07:14 · 10 answers · asked by T O 1 in Beauty & Style ➔ Other - Beauty & Style
because they were invented by the duke of wellington
way , way back
2006-07-20 10:09:14 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 8⤊ 2⤋
The answers given so far may all be wrong! Could the question be in code or the asker dyslexic? Welligtons (sic) is an anagram of towellings. Thus the question might be "why are towellings so called?" Why indeed?
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2006-07-20 12:16:07 · answer #2 · answered by d.perrot@btinternet.com 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
They have become legendary in the UK due to the water shortage.
It was the Duke of Wellington who made the first pare I think.
Why are the called Galoshes (sp) in the US?
2006-07-20 11:15:12 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Because the Duke of Wellington used to wear them Oh, and galoshes are different - they are little rubber covers with a hard sole that you put over your ordinary shoes to keep them dry in the rain.
2006-07-20 11:18:46 · answer #4 · answered by blondie 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I'm not sure the Commander-in-Chief of the British Army and later Prime Minister had time to invent a new style of boots, but he popularised them and thus lent his name to them.
2006-07-20 10:13:48 · answer #5 · answered by Dunrobin 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
After Lord Wellington is it not? see the history books - he invented these long boots to prevent the diret etc messing his clothes.
2006-07-20 10:51:58 · answer #6 · answered by Pepper 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Harry is totally correct
2006-07-20 10:10:21 · answer #7 · answered by spiegy2000 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
the duke of wellington, his wife must have been a boot.
2006-07-20 10:10:49 · answer #8 · answered by Gary M 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
What exactly are W E L L I G TO N S again?
2006-07-20 10:13:13 · answer #9 · answered by Raymo 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
they were invented in wellington, new zealand, by bobby wellington when he got his socks wet while swimming.
2006-07-20 10:11:42 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋