Re: USAGE: Language revival
| From: | B Elliott Walker <umwalk05@...> |
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| Date: | Thursday, December 2, 1999, 18:08 |
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From: Constructed Languages List [mailto:CONLANG@BROWNVM.BROWN.EDU]On
Behalf Of Bryan Maloney
Sent: December 2, 1999 11:18 AM
To: Multiple recipients of list CONLANG
Subject: Re: Re(2): Language revival
On Thu, 2 Dec 1999, Ed Heil wrote:
> 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.
Sometimes they're also called "muscle shirts".
>>>>>>>>where i come from, this are colloquialy referred to as
'wifebeaters'. i suppose that shows you all the mentalisty of my homeland...
sigh.