To: Olog-hai
In UK English, it’s a “blouse.”
26 posted on
04/09/2020 11:04:40 AM PDT by
dangus
To: dangus
I was exposed to lots of British English as a kid, and not at any time did I hear a man’s shirt referred to as a “blouse”.
32 posted on
04/09/2020 11:09:45 AM PDT by
Olog-hai
("No Republican, no matter how liberal, is going to woo a Democratic vote." -- Ronald Reagan, 1960)
To: dangus
In UK English, it’s a “blouse.”
A little closer to home - Marines call their uniform jackets "blouses."
And many years ago, oddly enough, they used to call their ties "field scarfs."
41 posted on
04/09/2020 11:24:00 AM PDT by
oh8eleven
(RVN '67-'68)
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