wifebeaters Re: Closets and Wardrobes

[Geoff Bannister]

--- In HPFGU-OTChatter at yahoogroups.com, "P. Alexis Nguyen" <alexisnguyen at ...> 
wrote:

Ali:
> Tank tops are what women wear.  They're generally regarded as the
> spaghetti strap contraptions.  

Geoff:
Here comes another US/UK variation.

When I was at secondary school, part of the school uniform was 
a pullover. This was like a jumper but sleeveless and had a V-neck. 
Most kids at that time had grey school pullovers sometimes with a 
coloured stripe around the neck.

In the HP films, we often see the gang wearing something like this, 
Harry and Ron having a red Gryffindor stripe on theirs. I'm not totally 
sure whether these are pullovers or jumpers because I can't find a 
scene where they are wearing them without robes. However, in OOTP, 
Neville is seen several times wearing a navy or black pullover. It was 
also not uncommon for adults to wear multicoloured ones.

So what, I hear you say?

Although they're not really part of the scene nowadays they did come 
back into fashion for a while some years ago for a while and were 
referred to as... tank tops.  

I can only repeat a quote from George Bernard Shaw I posted many moons 
ago:

England and America are two countries separated by the same language.

Mark you, he was Irish anyway so why was he complaining?
:-)