On Thu, 2 Dec 1999, Raymond Brown wrote:
>At 9:04 pm -0500 1/12/99, Nik Taylor wrote:
>>John Cowan wrote:
>>> "Undershirt", I think.
>>
>>I've certainly never heard of an "undervest". What is a British "vest"?
>
>You wear it under your shirt when the weather's cold :)
Oh, you mean longjohns!
>
>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 :=(
Is that Y-fronts and boxers sort of thing?
>
>Acyually the term 'underpants' is more & more often used here - but we
>still wear trousers (or jeans) on the outside :)
Whew! We still speak the same language here! I still think I'd be
hesitant to buy any clothing in England! ;)
Padraic.
>Ray.