short pants.

[keannu]

The underlined is a correction of Korean style English. What do you call a short sleeved top? Does "shorts" only mean "short bottoms"? Don't they ever use "short pants"?

im116
A: Tomorrow is the picnic day!
B: I know. Tomorrow will be hot. I'll wear short pants.(=> shorts)

 

[keannu]

I gave too many questions in the original thread, so I reduced them to only one for unburdening you.

 

[Rover_KE]

Shorts always means 'short pants or short trousers.'

Rover

 

[Amigos4]

The underlined is a correction of Korean style English. What do you call a short sleeved top? Does "shorts" only mean "short bottoms"? Don't they ever use "short pants"?

im116
A: Tomorrow is the picnic day!
B: I know. Tomorrow will be hot. I'll wear short pants.(=> shorts)

Both descriptions are correct. "I'll wear short pants." "I'll wear shorts."

A: Tomorrow is the picnic day!
B: I know. Tomorrow will be hot. I'll wear shorts and a sleeveless shirt.

 

[SUDHKAMP]

The underlined is a correction of Korean style English. What do you call a short sleeved top?

The short sleeves or half-sleeved shirt is called a Bush-shirt! The short sleeved top may be called a T-shirt or tank-top!

 

[Barb_D]

"Short pants" would sound very old-fashioned in the US.
A tank-top is not the same as a t-shirt, which is not the same as short-sleeved shirt. If you google images for the first two terms, you'll see the difference.

I'm wearing a short-sleeved shirt to work today - with a skirt. It just means any top with sleeve that end somewhere between your shoulders and your elbows. A t-shirt would be inappropriate for my workplace, and a tank top would be against our dress code.