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Re: USAGE: Language revival

From:Ed Heil <edheil@...>
Date:Thursday, December 2, 1999, 7:44
Barry Garcia wrote:

> 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) >
As an aid to the baffled non-Americans on the list, let me explain that this refers to the stereotype of the sort of person who wears nothing but a sleeveless undershirt around the house. --------------------------------------------------------------------- edheil@postmark.net ---------------------------------------------------------------------