On Sun, Jul 25, 2021, 2:31 PM Greg Wooledge <g...@wooledge.org> wrote:
> On Sun, Jul 25, 2021 at 03:21:54PM -0400, Polyna-Maude Racicot-Summerside > wrote: > > On 2021-07-25 11:13 a.m., Brian wrote: > > > Belt and braces? We see you believe in it. :) > > What do you mean by this ? > > Belt and braces ?? > > "Braces" is a British term for suspenders. The American version of > this would be "belt and suspenders". > To be distinguished from "braces and boots" (and no belt :-) which is day-to-day skinhead style , even in Chicago. They use British terminology here too. Skinheads in America are mostly _not_ white racists, nor are punks. But TV is your biggest liar in America as everywhere, they told you different.