Re: USAGE: Language revival
| From: | Steg Belsky <draqonfayir@...> |
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| Date: | Friday, December 3, 1999, 20:11 |
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On Thu, 2 Dec 1999 00:02:04 -0800 Barry Garcia
<Barry_Garcia@...> writes:
> edheil@postmark.net writes:
> >
> >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.
> Whoops, sorry to forget to explain it. Anyway, the only people who
> use
> that slang term here seem to come from Orange county near L.A. (at
> least
> people I know). I just use undershirt.
.
I hear it over here in NY. But remember, "wifebeater" is a specific
*kind* of undershirt. I guess it's easier to say then "undershirt
without sleeves that is commonly ribbed (sic)".
-Stephen (Steg)
"Eze-guvdhab wa'hrikh-a tze / "zhoutzii wa'esh," i eze-mwe."
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