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SELECTING game - SINGLET uncommon???
« on: April 29, 2020, 08:23:37 PM »
Is it only in Australia that SINGLETs are common???
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Re: SELECTING game - SINGLET uncommon???
« Reply #1 on: April 29, 2020, 10:04:32 PM »
Common enough in UK;

Penny to a pound, the reason it's uncommon on Chi is almost certainly that it's not known in N. America.
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Re: SELECTING game - SINGLET uncommon???
« Reply #2 on: April 29, 2020, 10:05:53 PM »
Yes I played it a while ago and asked the same question.
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Re: SELECTING game - SINGLET uncommon???
« Reply #3 on: April 29, 2020, 10:20:21 PM »
Are these the garments known as 'wife-beaters' (charming) in north America?
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Re: SELECTING game - SINGLET uncommon???
« Reply #4 on: April 30, 2020, 01:07:53 AM »
The packets that my Fathers undies came in always said "singlet" but we called them "vests". Obviously our USA brethren will be confused as to why he wore a"waistcoat" under his shirt. The great divide rears it's head again.
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Re: SELECTING game - SINGLET uncommon???
« Reply #5 on: April 30, 2020, 01:15:13 AM »
Quote from: pat on April 29, 2020, 10:20:21 PM
Are these the garments known as 'wife-beaters' (charming) in north America?

They are sometimes called wife-beaters, but that's just slang. If it's meant to be worn as an undergarment here, it is referred to as an undershirt or sleeveless undershirt. If it's not meant to be an undergarment, it is referred to as a tank top. When wrestlers wear them, they are indeed known as singlets, but I don't think this is particularly widely known.

Here are a few previous forum threads on the subject from over the years: Singlet common?, Question about common word, and Singlet
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