fanshirt

[Mark A. Mandel]

Jim Landau writes:
>>>
Although T-shirts bearing the name/logo of a fan's favorite whatever
have been around since before some golfer came up with that visual
eggcorn "tee shirt", I have never before encountered "fanshirt".
<<<

I'd call that golf "tee shirt" a visual pun, not an eggcorn. But on the 
topic...

Google reports "about 108,000" hits for fanshirt. Most of them are in German 
or Dutch and seem to be for fans of sports teams. Restricting the search to 
English cuts it down to "about 138 English pages", beginning with 
http://www.fanshirt.com/, a European company: 'Then in 1996, the Fanshirt 
brand was born to cater for the growing value-added �promo-fashion� trend.' 
(from their "About Us" page)

Here is a putatively dated citation in English:

Fans in James Dean Shirts
Updated 11 November 1998. URL is 
http://our.tentativetimes.net/fest98/fanshirt.html
James Dean Tee-shirts

Many of the English-language non-sports hits (see selection below signature) 
seem to be about comics, anime, or manga, but my in-house specialist in 
these forms of pop culture hadn't heard the word, although its meaning was 
transparent to him: "Like a fan button, but a shirt."

-- Mark A. Mandel
[This text prepared with Dragon NaturallySpeaking.]

deviantART: KumikoEharu
Then I might be compelled to make a Fanshirt. Or a Fangirl shirt of X-men 
men. Whichever comes first. I'd opt for a smart ass one, or a funny one 
first ...
kumikoeharu.deviantart.com/

deviantART: From the Desk of Lilholyterror by *lilholyterror
:lol: a cool desk. i just think it needs a germanmatt fanshirt to be 
complete ;p -- if sex sounded like french then i'd be impotent ... ...
www.deviantart.com/deviation/27147320/

epun: Arashi fanshirt.. yayyy..
On Saturday, I went to the printing shop to colect our Arashi fanshirt.. 
yippee.. the fanshirt >> beautiful.. the printing guy said our t-shirt is so 
...
epun.livejournal.com/32081.html

Back to Sims Back to casual 1 * 2 * 3 * 4 * 5 * 6 Page 4 red party ...
Giselda Fanshirt 2 Features : Now your Sims can show their love for Giselda 
with this fanshirt . All complexions . Mesh : ( b713 ) Made by ...
www.ephralon.de/sims_data.php?page=4&cat=casual&subcat=casualfit

Soccerpages Forum
I love the shirt: not yer average 'cheap' fanshirt, but a simple, stylish, 
'grown up people's' T-shirt. White, with the Ajax Orlando logo embroidered 
on it. ...
www.soccerpages.com/forum/archive/index.php/t-11797

Sensei's Library: Scartol's Go Musings
I especially like the Hikaru fanshirt. I expect it will be a big hit at the 
club. ... It's a Hikaru fanshirt, and I ordered one straightaway. ...
senseis.xmp.net/?ScartolsGoMusings

:: Mikey Sklar :: Electric Clothing ::
home � >>Back to Past Projects. Project: Fan Shirt Date: Summer 2002. 
Summary:. This project was made specifically for Burningman 2002. ...
www.electric-clothing.com/fanshirt.html

re: fanshirt
Jim Landau writes:
>>>
Although T-shirts bearing the name/logo of a fan's favorite whatever
have been around since before some golfer came up with that visual
eggcorn "tee shirt", I have never before encountered "fanshirt".
<<<

I'd call that golf "tee shirt" a visual pun, not an eggcorn. But on the 
topic...

Google reports "about 108,000" hits for fanshirt. Most of them are in German 
or Dutch and seem to be for fans of sports teams. Restricting the search to 
English cuts it down to "about 138 English pages", beginning with 
http://www.fanshirt.com/, a European company: 'Then in 1996, the Fanshirt 
brand was born to cater for the growing value-added �promo-fashion� trend.' 
(from their "About Us" page)

Here is a putatively dated citation in English:

Fans in James Dean Shirts
Updated 11 November 1998. URL is 
http://our.tentativetimes.net/fest98/fanshirt.html
James Dean Tee-shirts

Many of the English-language non-sports hits (see selection below signature) 
seem to be about comics, anime, or manga, but my in-house specialist in 
these forms of pop culture hadn't heard the word, although its meaning was 
transparent to him: "Like a fan button, but a shirt."

-- Mark A. Mandel
[This text prepared with Dragon NaturallySpeaking.]

deviantART: KumikoEharu
Then I might be compelled to make a Fanshirt. Or a Fangirl shirt of X-men 
men. Whichever comes first. I'd opt for a smart ass one, or a funny one 
first ...
kumikoeharu.deviantart.com/

deviantART: From the Desk of Lilholyterror by *lilholyterror
:lol: a cool desk. i just think it needs a germanmatt fanshirt to be 
complete ;p -- if sex sounded like french then i'd be impotent ... ...
www.deviantart.com/deviation/27147320/

epun: Arashi fanshirt.. yayyy..
On Saturday, I went to the printing shop to colect our Arashi fanshirt.. 
yippee.. the fanshirt >> beautiful.. the printing guy said our t-shirt is so 
...
epun.livejournal.com/32081.html

Back to Sims Back to casual 1 * 2 * 3 * 4 * 5 * 6 Page 4 red party ...
Giselda Fanshirt 2 Features : Now your Sims can show their love for Giselda 
with this fanshirt . All complexions . Mesh : ( b713 ) Made by ...
www.ephralon.de/sims_data.php?page=4&cat=casual&subcat=casualfit

Soccerpages Forum
I love the shirt: not yer average 'cheap' fanshirt, but a simple, stylish, 
'grown up people's' T-shirt. White, with the Ajax Orlando logo embroidered 
on it. ...
www.soccerpages.com/forum/archive/index.php/t-11797

Sensei's Library: Scartol's Go Musings
I especially like the Hikaru fanshirt. I expect it will be a big hit at the 
club. ... It's a Hikaru fanshirt, and I ordered one straightaway. ...
senseis.xmp.net/?ScartolsGoMusings

:: Mikey Sklar :: Electric Clothing ::
home � >>Back to Past Projects. Project: Fan Shirt Date: Summer 2002. 
Summary:. This project was made specifically for Burningman 2002. ...
www.electric-clothing.com/fanshirt.html