What do Americans call this kind of shirt?

[roadtripboy]

Trunk (of car) = boot

Unless you're in the southern US where a lot of us also call that thing on the back of a car a boot.

But, a hood is always a hood.

 

[PreTTy PeTe]

what no pretty slogan

no pretty pictures

no way

 

[pat grimshaw]

I would call it "bland".

I'd call it bluish-greyish green or 'glaucous', a neutral colour to allow me to enjoy the man who's wearing it

 

[oakpope]

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I see it on guys who are usually about to have sex. I think its sexy when guys wear it like that

I found that wearing it like that arouses me pretty much, kind of weird, I have no clues why it has this effect.

 

[pat grimshaw]

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You're stretching the cotton. You'll tear the side-stitching.

 

[Willie Boy]

No one here implied otherwise.

Actually you did.

 

[bankside]

Some more differences between American & Aussie English that I can think of:

I'll add some Canadian into that list...

Trunk (of car) = boot
bonnet (of car) = hood
cookie = biscuit or biccie
apartment = flat
sitting room/living room = lounge room = living room/family room
sofa = lounge = couch/sofa/sectional or "chesterfield" if you're old or trying to make a point of being Canadian.
pickup truck = ute or utility = Calgary Limo
indicators = blinkers or flickers = signals/turn signals
elevator = lift
rubber band = lacky band = elastic band/rubber band
bell pepper = capsicum = red pepper
cotton candy = fairy floss = candy floss
napkin = serviette = serviette
ground beef = mince = ground beef
parking garage/car park = parkade
soda = baking soda
carbonated beverage = pop/soft drink
self-raising flour = "I have no idea. Google says put some regular flour in with a couple of teaspoons of baking powder. Maybe that will work."
zebra crossing = crosswalk

 

[Willie Boy]

I'll add some Canadian into that list...

So will I:

Trunk (of car) = boot
bonnet (of car) = hood
cookie = biscuit or biccie
apartment = flat
sitting room/living room = lounge room = living room/family room
sofa = lounge = couch/sofa/sectional or "chesterfield" if you're old or trying to make a point of being Canadian.
pickup truck = ute or utility = Calgary Limo
indicators = blinkers or flickers = signals/turn signals=flashers
elevator = lift
rubber band = lacky band = elastic band/rubber band
bell pepper = capsicum = red pepper
cotton candy = fairy floss = candy floss
napkin = serviette = serviette
ground beef = mince = ground beef
parking garage/car park = parkade=parking lot
soda = baking soda
carbonated beverage = pop/soft drink=soda
self-raising flour = "I have no idea. Google says put some regular flour in with a couple of teaspoons of baking powder. Maybe that will work."
zebra crossing = crosswalk

 

[hurriwelli]

Weedeater, Line Trimmer (Australians call it a whippersnipper)

The shirt kiwis call a singlet or tank top, Americans call it a wifebeater?

 

[Willie Boy]

Weedeater, Line Trimmer (Australians call it a whippersnipper)

The shirt kiwis call a singlet or tank top, Americans call it a wifebeater?

It is actually a tank top, but has earned the nickname wifebeater because it is supposedly worn by that level of man that has a propensity for beating his wife, like a "badge of office" kind of thing.

 

[bankside]

So will I:

carbonated beverage = pop/soft drink=soda

I have never heard a Canadian talking to another Canadian call it "soda."

 

[Willie Boy]

I have never heard a Canadian talking to another Canadian call it "soda."

Soda is what we call it in the US. It is almost never called a carbonated beverage, although pop or soft drink is somewhat common. Soda is the most common.

 

[bankside]

Doh! got it. I thought you were adding Canadianisms...

 

[bankside]

Weedeater, Line Trimmer (Australians call it a whippersnipper)

It's probably called a weed eater most often in Canada. I've heard whippersnipper. If you called it a "Line Trimmer" i'm pretty sure you'd get blank stares. I heard a rumour that brits call it a "strimmer," short for "string trimmer" and no one would have any idea what that is at all...

 

[SLOPPYSECONDS]

I need to know. We call them t-shirt's in this part of the world.

baby bib

no give shit folk wear um

ans they cheap

but

 

[bulge]

I found that wearing it like that arouses me pretty much, kind of weird, I have no clues why it has this effect.

I even know a guy who gets aroused when I wear one. He even wants me to wear it while I fuck him.

 

[oakpope]

It is actually a tank top, but has earned the nickname wifebeater because it is supposedly worn by that level of man that has a propensity for beating his wife, like a "badge of office" kind of thing.

Funny, in France it's called a 'Marcel' like the first name Marcel, and this first name is commonly associated with exactly the same kind of people as a wifebeater

 

[Críostóir]

It is actually a tank top, but has earned the nickname wifebeater because it is supposedly worn by that level of man that has a propensity for beating his wife, like a "badge of office" kind of thing.

Yes. Metonymic change. Isn't linguistics fun!

Soda is what we call it in the US. It is almost never called a carbonated beverage, although pop or soft drink is somewhat common. Soda is the most common.

'Soda' is used on the coasts of the US (which, btw, is where most of the people live); 'pop' is used in the so-called heartland (a large, but sparsely populated area). TV commercials (not for soda) sometimes use the term 'soda pop' to get both.

 

[Críostóir]

It's probably called a weed eater most often in Canada. I've heard whippersnipper. If you called it a "Line Trimmer" i'm pretty sure you'd get blank stares. I heard a rumour that brits call it a "strimmer," short for "string trimmer" and no one would have any idea what that is at all...

In these parts (New Jersey) it's usually called a weed whacker.

 

[Willie Boy]

Funny, in France it's called a 'Marcel' like the first name Marcel, and this first name is commonly associated with exactly the same kind of people as a wifebeater

That is a funny coincidence.