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Thu 8 Sep, 2016 12:10 pm
Where I live, pants are trousers from the waist to just above the feet. I was told that, to the British, pants are underwear, including panties. Is my friend pulling my leg?
Thanks.
@tanguatlay,
http://english.stackexchange.com/questions/10246/does-pants-more-commonly-mean-trousers-or-underpants
Quote:In British English, pants means underpants or, informally, nonsense. In American English, pants means trousers; the singular form is used as adjective.
the whole thing is an interesting discussion to read
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http://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english/pants
Quote:B1 uk also underpants a piece of underwear covering the area between the waist and the tops of the legs
@tanguatlay,
tanguatlay wrote:to the British, pants are underwear, including panties.
what other underwear are you including here?
@tanguatlay,
tanguatlay wrote:Where I live, pants are trousers from the waist to just above the feet. I was told that, to the British, pants are underwear, including panties. Is my friend pulling my leg?
That is an over-simplification (yes I know it appears in Wikpedia). To southern English speakers, it is true that the word 'pants' is used for underwear such as womens' panties, mens' boxer shorts, briefs, etc, but many people from northern England (including my wife) use 'pants' for external trousers. Also in Australia.
@ehBeth,
Beth you're amazing and love your profile
Anything you feel you can safely add to it.....
Oh and Con above ditto ditto...
Also, in British English (of whatever region), variant trouser types often get calloed 'pants', e.g. golf pants or the "loon pants" popular amoung late 1960s hippies.
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