We're sometimes amazed at the questions we've never asked before. Like - why is a twin bed called a twin? Twin implies two and therefore it would seem that twin would be akin with double size bed and not a single. We'd never thought about this - until now.
In our research we found many a few more mattress sizes we haven't heard of before.
Twin/single (39 x 75), and extralong twin (39 x 80).
Why is it called twin? The most common answer seems to be that the beds were marketed and sold in pairs, as in a set/pair of twin beds. One of the beds then was referred to a a "twin." You see this with people twins. One of them is called a twin.
More tidbits we found in our search -
Full and double refer to the same size (54" wide x 75" long)
Queen (60" x 80") and Olympic Queen (66 x 80). The Olympic Queen is six inches wider than the regulation Queen mattress. Simmons, the company that came up with this size knew there would be resistance to yet one more size and all that meant for bed frames and box springs. So they kept the Olympic Queen box springs and frame the same size as regulation Queen. This resulted in a mattress overhang on the sides. Read more here. Evidently Simmons gave up on the Olympic Queen size.
There's Standard King, aka Eastern King, (76 x 80) and then there's a California King, aka Western King, (72 x 84). FYI - a Standard King is about the same size as two extra long twin beds together.
So - aren't you glad we asked? Two sizes of butter cubes are simple compared to this!
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