## name this:

Post by wadeb444 » Mon Aug 03, 2009 12:13 pm

this kind of shirt:
it sounds like everybody has a different name for it. what do u call it and where do u live?
WADE

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Post by Boundgal08 » Mon Aug 03, 2009 2:15 pm

Its a vest by far
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Post by zanev » Mon Aug 03, 2009 2:16 pm

> Boundgal08 wrote:Its a vest by far

No, its a wifebeater
vest:
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And reminisce of those palmy days
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Post by Boundgal08 » Mon Aug 03, 2009 3:25 pm

Never heard of one.. dont know what country you come from.. im from UK....and the pic he is showing is a vest.. im a girl, i should know these things, the pic you are showing is a waist coat!
Cheers boundgal
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Probably the kinkiest woman you will ever meet!
I am a switch, I like to put a man in ropes and also have a man put me in ropes!
I am the 'Queen of bondage'

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Post by zanev » Mon Aug 03, 2009 3:45 pm

> Boundgal08 wrote:Never heard of one.. dont know what country you come from.. im from UK....and the pic he is showing is a vest.. im a girl, i should know these things, the pic you are showing is a waist coat!
> Cheers boundgal

Then how come when I went to google, typed in vest and viewed images that and thousands of others looking like that showed up?
I think we might have case of different country syndrome. In the USA no one has heard of a waistcoat, though from my own research the only differnce I can tell is that a vest/waistcoat only differs in the way you wear it. In the USA we call it a vest and wear it 98% of the time under our shirt. In the UK you call it a waistcoat and wear it over the shirt.
I close my eyes, Inis Mona
And reminisce of those palmy days
I moon o'er you, Inis Mona
As long as I breathe
I'll call you my home

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Post by Railz » Mon Aug 03, 2009 5:42 pm

"A waistcoat (pronounced /ËˆwÉ›skÉ™t/ or /ËˆweÉªstkoÊŠt/) , sometimes called a vest or a vestee in Canada and the US, is a sleeveless upper-body garment worn over a dress shirt and necktie (if applicable) and below a coat as a part of most men's formal wear, and as the third piece of the three-piece male business suit. Once a virtually mandatory article of men's clothing, it has become uncommon in contemporary dress in the English-speaking world, although it has returned to fashion as part of businesswear in Germany."
Src: Wikipedia
The only criterion for something to be considered a vest is that it covers only the upper body. Order of donning of the garments is irrelevant.
/thread?

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Post by wadeb444 » Mon Aug 03, 2009 8:29 pm

wow i only put vest on there cause i just learned that british say that, ive never heard it before here. im in georgia. i didnt know we had THAT many people from britan here.
the reason i was asking is because even people at my school dont all say the same thing. i call it a muscle shirt. but some of my friends say anything without sleeves is a muscle shirt. but some others just call all of them sleeveless shirts. ive heard it called a tank top before, but most of my friends dont say tank top if its an undershirt like this. or they say tank tops are for girls and muscle shirts are for boys. and i know a bunch of people who call them beaters, but i think that just sounds stupid lol. and if you buy a pack at walmart, the package says A-shirt on it, but i never heard anybody ever really call it that.
so its crazy, there cant be THAT many different names for it, eppecially with all those names meaning something else too.
WADE

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Post by zanev » Tue Aug 04, 2009 7:48 am

> wadeb444 wrote:wow i only put vest on there cause i just learned that british say that, ive never heard it before here. im in georgia. i didnt know we had THAT many people from britan here.
> the reason i was asking is because even people at my school dont all say the same thing. i call it a muscle shirt. but some of my friends say anything without sleeves is a muscle shirt. but some others just call all of them sleeveless shirts. ive heard it called a tank top before, but most of my friends dont say tank top if its an undershirt like this. or they say tank tops are for girls and muscle shirts are for boys. and i know a bunch of people who call them beaters, but i think that just sounds stupid lol. and if you buy a pack at walmart, the package says A-shirt on it, but i never heard anybody ever really call it that.
> so its crazy, there cant be THAT many different names for it, eppecially with all those names meaning something else too.

You never heard of a bullet proof vest?
I close my eyes, Inis Mona
And reminisce of those palmy days
I moon o'er you, Inis Mona
As long as I breathe
I'll call you my home

### Re: name this:

Post by Kyle » Tue Aug 04, 2009 10:32 am

I've always heard wifebeater. I assumed that came from growing up in the South, but Wade lives in Georgia, so I don't know now.

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Post by zanev » Tue Aug 04, 2009 12:09 pm

> Kyle wrote:I've always heard wifebeater. I assumed that came from growing up in the South, but Wade lives in Georgia, so I don't know now.

I'm in san diego, we call it a wife beater. How we got on the topic of vest i dont remember.
I close my eyes, Inis Mona
And reminisce of those palmy days
I moon o'er you, Inis Mona
As long as I breathe
I'll call you my home

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Post by Ducttapestar » Tue Aug 04, 2009 3:46 pm

Here in PA (Near Philadelphia) they're called Beaters or Tank-tops. I think we need a topic in General chat about the whole discussion earlier.

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Post by wadeb444 » Thu Aug 06, 2009 11:38 am

> jboycub7 wrote:here in the US, it is a sleevless tee

did u vote? it shows 0 for sleeveless
WADE

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Post by zanev » Thu Aug 06, 2009 6:19 pm

> jboycub7 wrote:here in the US, it is a sleevless tee

No its not.
I close my eyes, Inis Mona
And reminisce of those palmy days
I moon o'er you, Inis Mona
As long as I breathe
I'll call you my home

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Post by Scottstud94 » Fri Aug 07, 2009 8:10 pm

It would seem that in the northern U.S and major metropolitan areas it is a tank top. I do not wear or like them but here in Michigan that is what they r called

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Post by Boundgal08 » Sat Aug 08, 2009 7:43 am

I think as a conclusion we can say that, no matter where your from, its going to be called something different... we can see that from the posts above... Here in the UK the likes of tank tops and wifebeaters... isnt used, as a matter of fact i hadnt heard of them till i came onto this site... different countries have different names for items of clothings... but all of the above are correct for the type that he is showing, it call be called any of the above... just depends on where you come from, to what you call it!
Cheers
Boundgal
BOUNDGIRL!
Probably the kinkiest woman you will ever meet!
I am a switch, I like to put a man in ropes and also have a man put me in ropes!
I am the 'Queen of bondage'

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Post by Jake_100 » Mon Sep 07, 2009 5:31 am

I'd call that a vest or a wifebeater. Im from the UK.

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Post by Lake Lover » Mon Feb 17, 2014 1:25 pm

In Rhode Island you would be tarred and feathered if you called it anything other than a tank top, or if extra large and very baggie, a wifebeater. And as afar as a vest is concerned, that is only a formal sleeveless, snug fitting formal wear worn under a suit jacket, button down the front. And that is final. So there.

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Post by xtc » Mon Feb 17, 2014 3:07 pm

In English, the original garment is certainly a vest although "singlet" would be acceptable as, increasingly by those who watch too much American TV, is "tank-top", which was originally used for the knitted outer garment that closely resembles it. A vest with little sleeves is a t-shirt, although some flimsy garments are sold as long-sleeved t-shirts (Der!!). Muscle cut t-shirts have more substantial shoulder straps.
The garment referred to as a "vest" in less civilised parts of the world (you know: the sort of garment that is worn by the organ-grinder's monkey*) is certainly a waistcoat (pronounced "wescott" round our way).
*NO, not that one. That one's a fez.
XTC
(Professor of Vernacular English and fashion correspondent
University of the South Coast)
Boxer shorts are cool,
but little speedos rule!
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### Re: name this:

Post by Scottstud94 » Mon Feb 17, 2014 4:32 pm

All in favor of convicting user Lake Lover guilty of "Extreme Post-Bumping" say "Aye".
"AYE!"
All who oppose say "Nay".
.....
The court finds you guilty.

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Post by xtc » Mon Feb 17, 2014 4:42 pm

Which is known over this side of the Pond as a "Kangaroo Court" but, in other parts of the world as "neighbourhood justice".
Boxer shorts are cool,
but little speedos rule!
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Post by Lake Lover » Wed Feb 19, 2014 8:04 am

> Scottstud94 wrote:All in favor of convicting user Lake Lover guilty of "Extreme Post-Bumping" say "Aye".
> "AYE!"
> All who oppose say "Nay".
> .....
> The court finds you guilty.

It appears I am guilty as charged! I should be tarred and feathered. hehehe. But it did serve to pull this four year old thread back to life.

### Re: name this:

Post by Jay Feely » Wed Feb 19, 2014 9:28 am

Curved Interior
You will have to subdue me to restrain me. I been a bad boy so make sure you torture me too with anything but pain.

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Post by Jason Toddman » Thu Feb 20, 2014 7:14 am

And once again Jay makes a post that makes no apparent sense.
Anyway, where i am we would call that thing a tank-top if worn next to the skin and is any color but white, a sleeveless T-shirt if it is white however it is worn, or a vest if worn over anything else and any color but white. it could also be called a muscle shirt i suppose but that is evidently not a term commonly used where i am.
It would probably be called an undershirt as well, especially if it is white.
Also, in some place tank tops seems to refer only to woman's shirts.
The terms a-shirt and wifebeatr are virtually unknown in my neck of the woods.
Nationally, at least some places also call it a tank top apparently, as shown here,
https://www.daz3d.com/catalogsearch/res ... Collection
In short, there's no worldwide consensus.
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### Re: name this:

Post by Jay Feely » Thu Feb 20, 2014 7:44 am

It has a curved interior it describes it Jason
You will have to subdue me to restrain me. I been a bad boy so make sure you torture me too with anything but pain.

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Post by Jason Toddman » Thu Feb 20, 2014 8:10 am

I have never heard a shirt described by such a name before.
For one thing, technically ALL shirts have curved interiors.
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### Re: name this:

Post by xtc » Thu Feb 20, 2014 9:34 am

Not when they're folded in the drawer!
Boxer shorts are cool,
but little speedos rule!
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Post by Jason Toddman » Thu Feb 20, 2014 10:21 am

Yeah, so there you go! Rotten name.
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Post by lockedup » Tue Feb 25, 2014 3:28 pm

im from the uk andd we call it a vestt .
i'm 17, male, a bit of a computer geek, and love to be tied up

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Post by Jay Feely » Tue Feb 25, 2014 3:40 pm

A decorated interior curved shirt
You will have to subdue me to restrain me. I been a bad boy so make sure you torture me too with anything but pain.

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Post by Jason Toddman » Tue Feb 25, 2014 3:47 pm

I guess the poll should have had listed more options.
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