The Language of Clothing

[MacKenzie]

As a person from across the pond, and someone who has worn khaki (sand coloured) and olive green clothing for about 35 years I have never heard olive green referred to as khaki except in the last few years when retailers have advertised it as such. Olive green has always been referred to as such or as OG or olive drab. So I am not sure where this came from.

I hadn't thought about it for many years until this thread. I read, studied, absorbed everything WWII during my younger years, and I have it burned into my brain that, "The Brits call OD green khaki."

So file it as "anecdotal".