wife beaters

[Dennis R. Preston]

Some of the best culturally and linguistically preserved Polish
enclaves in America are in Texas (although that is no requirement for
"Polish jokes" - psiakrew cholera!).

dInIs



>|o| On Wed, 19 Jun 2002, James A. Landau wrote:
>|o|
>|o| > wife-beater (sleeveless T-shirt, vest):
>|o| > antedate 1997
>|o|
>
>Certainly conjures visions of Marlon Brando as Stanley Kowalski in Street
>Car Named Desire.
>Maybe Jackie Gleason in the Honeymooners.
>
>BTW, growing up, this kind of sleeveless t-shirt was known in my circle as a
>Polish Smoking Jacket, which is odd because Polish was not a major ethnic
>identity in North Texas.
>
>rhk

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Dennis R. Preston
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