But are they fun to wear?
You have the emotional maturity of a blueberry scone.
Giles ,'Touched'
Spike's Bitches 46: Don't I get a cookie?
[NAFDA] Spike-centric discussion. Lusty, lewd (only occasionally crude), risqué (and frisqué), bawdy (Oh, lawdy!), flirty ('cuz we're purty), raunchy talk inside. Caveat lector.
Connie Neil - Sep 15, 2010 10:17:38 am PDT #2768 of 30000
brillig
Jessica - Sep 15, 2010 10:20:00 am PDT #2769 of 30000
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
The a-shirts I normally see worn outside are a heavier weight cotton than the ones meant as undershirts. I see it as the equivalent of a woman going outside in a sports bra - ultracasual, but not quite "in underwear."
§ ita § - Sep 15, 2010 10:21:13 am PDT #2770 of 30000
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
The first is just a T-shirt.
To you. Not to all the guys at my work wearing them as undershirts right now, though.
Underwear is just underwear, but no one is going to ask me "why not just say underwear instead of panties?" are they? Except I've been led to understand that underwear here doesn't include bras, so I don't know what that's about. If I want to specify panties, why wouldn't I?
§ ita § - Sep 15, 2010 10:21:49 am PDT #2771 of 30000
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
The a-shirts I normally see worn outside are a heavier weight cotton than the ones meant as undershirts.
The ones I wear are definitely undershirt weight, which is why I wear them doubled.
Laga - Sep 15, 2010 10:22:03 am PDT #2772 of 30000
You should know I'm a big deal in the Resistance.
Ordinarily, since I haven't gotten out of bed yet, I'd be wearing an a-shirt but I'm wearing my retina burning jammies today- green and purple plaid bottoms with a purple and pink tie-dye tee shirt.
meara - Sep 15, 2010 10:22:11 am PDT #2773 of 30000
I go back and forth on the use of the term, myself. And indeed, sometimes it depends on who I am talking to and their level of sensitivity, which I know is a bad way to do it!!
YAY DREW WITHOUT TUBES (except the intertubes, because we want him to have those)
Sophia Brooks - Sep 15, 2010 10:22:25 am PDT #2774 of 30000
Cats to become a rabbit should gather immediately now here
Why aren't they just undershirts?
For me, because I am usually talking to costume people or actors, I need to make a distinction between a t-shirt and an a-shirt because that is usually a choice made by the designer (even if worn under shirt).
Seska (the Watcher-in-Training) - Sep 15, 2010 10:29:25 am PDT #2775 of 30000
"We're all stories, in the end. Just make it a good one, eh?"
When I hear that description, I think of the mesh shirts that are apparently a fashion choice of men who want their bodies admired.
My string vest associations are more along the lines of Rab C. Nesbitt.
Jars - Sep 15, 2010 10:31:20 am PDT #2776 of 30000
Congratulations Drew! In my plan, you are tubeless. Or something.
Over here, 'wife beater' is the name given to Stella Artois beer. Which was hell of fun when I was a barmaid, as you can imagine. My general response was 'AHA isn't domestic abuse hilarious?'
Edited because my iPod will change words willy nilly.
Sean K - Sep 15, 2010 10:33:27 am PDT #2777 of 30000
You can't leave me to my own devices; my devices are Nap and Eat. -Zenkitty
Wait, don't tell me Stella is like the equivalent of Bud Lite over there! I'll cry! I love my delicious Stella!