Re: USAGE: Language revival
| From: | John Cowan <jcowan@...> |
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| Date: | Wednesday, December 1, 1999, 22:44 |
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Raymond Brown wrote:
> It's spelt "waistcoat" and becomes a 'vest' when it crosses the Atlantic
> (and our vests becoming undervests, I believe)
"Undershirt", I think.
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