Originally Posted by
Nathan
In the UK they are both waist coats. In North America they are both vests. In the UK a vest is what we in North America call a tank top or undershirt and in the UK a tank top is what we call a vest. Confused yet?
My dialect is a little mixed. I say trousers more often than pants, but I much prefer to refer to the trunk and the hood of my car than the boot and bonnet. I use vest and waist coat interchangeably.
In the UK the top item is a body warmer and the bottom a waistcoat. Tank tops sound like either part of a military vehicle or part of a heavy kilt. A vest is what we in the UK wear next to the skin under a shirt and put trunks in boots if we are not wearing them to go swimming after which we put pants on under our trousers. Not confusing at all.
If you are going to do it, do it in a kilt!
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