Re: USAGE: Language revival
| From: | Nik Taylor <fortytwo@...> |
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| Date: | Thursday, December 2, 1999, 23:42 |
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B Elliott Walker wrote:
> where i come from, this are colloquialy referred to as
> 'wifebeaters'. i suppose that shows you all the mentalisty of my homeland...
> sigh.
Ah, so that term's also used in Canada. I've never heard it called just
a "wifebeater", always "wifebeater shirt".
Actually, the image that comes to my mind with that usage is COPS, when
they come to a domestic disturbance call.
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