i really think that the british are on to something ... calling underwear pants and pants trousers.
unfortunately, here in north america we have really just the two choices: underwear or panties.
while i can handle the term underwear .. it just seems so ... unappealing ... it's like long underwear, overly practical ... i can't handle panties ... it gives me that squicky feeling - it's rather perverted, pedophilic *shudders*
pants is good though. it's straightforward, simple, no nonsense.
i say we revolt! ppl of toronto, let's call underwear pants! we'll turn this city on its head!
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Nico:
I don't like either. For the reason that it won't work. The reason the Britts call them pants in the first place is because they historically like to seperate themselves from N. Americans. If we start calling them pants, then they'll find a new word.
With this approach they'll always be one step ahead of us. And we can't have that.
My recommendation? Under-Panties. The best of both worlds, but it takes the edge off the word panties, makes it cute, Tee hee!
I agree - They will just come up with something new, or bring something old back. I personally am just going to continue calling Uderwear & Panties "Armor"...
Uderwear? What are you? A COW!?
You can't tell me you have never taken off your armor and poured quick all over yourself and started mooing in the dark! COME ON!
Trousers is a nice word. The Brits don't mind us using their language, they'd change it if the yanks used the word pants properly.
The word underpants strikes me as Canadian for some reason... good substitute word for panties, and it doesn't confuse people unfamiliar with proper English.
i think i could live with underpants. it's much less vague than underwear ... b/c technically underwear covers all that is worn under your clothing and thus encompasses undershirts and bras and such.
i vote for underpants (underpanties still seems wrong ... it still has the panties in it ... and i hate that word!)
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