Re: USAGE: Language revival
| From: | Barry Garcia <barry_garcia@...> |
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| Date: | Thursday, December 2, 1999, 8:02 |
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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.