ray.brown@freeuk.com writes:
>You wear it under your shirt when the weather's cold :)
Hmm. Undershirt is what i'm thinking of. Otherwise known in slang as
"wifebeater" (if it is the sleveless type)
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>I confess I am not au fait with US clothing terminology. I do know that
>our
>pants become underpants over there - that's probably why I got *undervest
>wrong :=(
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>Acyually the term 'underpants' is more & more often used here - but we
>still wear trousers (or jeans) on the outside :)
Trousers, at least where I live seem to apply more to pants that are not
jeans, but not slacks.
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>But I don't think I can face a long thread on clothing terminology ;)
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>Ray.
I dont think I could either.