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Hmm. This needs lots of fact-checking, and appears to have a definite POV. More editing required. See http://www-rohan.sdsu.edu/dept/coachsci/swimming/bodysuit/science.htm for some background info: I can't find the original paper online. The Anome 22:06 7 Jun 2003 (UTC)

I just threw in a line about the vernacular use of speedo to refer to any tight, brief-style swimsuit, kind of like how Kleenex refers to any kind of tissue.Samnell 20:31, May 16, 2004 (UTC)

[edit] Image size

Hi,

I reverted the change to the image size, mainly because it wasn't displaying. It is now. [1]

I prefer the smaller size, Trollderella perfers the larger, I just thought I'd ask for a straw poll?

What do you think? Regards, Ben Aveling 21:24, 10 November 2005 (UTC)

I'm really not that bothered, I thought the larger looked better because it was the same size as the logo, but the small looks fine too. Trollderella 23:28, 10 November 2005 (UTC)

I think the photo of a man in a speedo is a bit gay. Probably more female speedo swimsuits are sold, anyway, so why not put a picture of a woman in a speedo swimsuit, or even a woman and a man, as in most of the catalogue pictures?

[edit] Proposed merger

Articles about the type of suit should be merged to Speedo (suit style), not to this article about the manufacturer. -Will Beback 22:14, 9 March 2006 (UTC)

[edit] External Links

The essay "Baggy-Pants Thuggery & Hip-Hop Burlesque: Clothing as Sexual Politics in America" is an apporximately 5000-word piece in which "Speedo" is only mentioned two or three times, and rather tangentially at that. I believe links should be restricted to resources that deal directly and primarily with the subject. I will wait to hear possible arguments for keeping it before I remove it. Jvward 18:40, 24 July 2006 (UTC)