Guinea-T

21:58 Feb 25, 2008
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English to Arabic translations [PRO]
Textiles / Clothing / Fashion / Undershirts
English term or phrase: Guinea-T
Context:
"wife beater", also wifebeater, and sometimes abbreviated as simply beater, is a controversial, sometimes pejorative slang term used in parts of North America, Australia and various other places to refer to a sleevless undershirt. Other terms are an A-shirt, tank top, singlet, or "muscle shirt" when worn as a sole, outer layer as opposed to being worn under another shirt.*** "Guinea-T" *** or "Dago tee" are colloquialisms for "wifebeater" used in the New York City area; these terms are also demeaning as reference slurs for Italian-Americans.

This paragraph contains about 8 terms used to refer to the concept of the undershirt. I need to translate all those terms to keep the stylistic and semantic variation in the text. I can manage some of them and I'll send the others in separate questions. I don't need the conceptual translation because ,as I mentioned, they all refer to the same item of clothing. your help is very much appreciated. The picture of this item is provided in the following link under the "A-shirt" section:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sleeveless_shirt#A-shirt
Neamaat Shehatah
Egypt
Local time: 10:45


Summary of answers provided
4قميص أو فانلة داخلية للرجال من أصل غيني
Doaa El Seify


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guinea-t
قميص أو فانلة داخلية للرجال من أصل غيني


Explanation:
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(n) a sleeveless mens undershirt; a wifebeater or muscle T
(From the stereotype that italians wear these shirts; see guinea)

It's hot today; I think I'll just wear my guinea T

http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=guinea-t

Doaa El Seify
Canada
Local time: 02:45
Native speaker of: Arabic
PRO pts in category: 4
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