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Jun 20 13 8:28 AM
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Knygathin wrote:It would still be nice to know what he means with that word. Clothes, and visual appearance of story characters, are important to me. It's especially interesting in this case, since that word appears again and again in his work. English is not my native language, so I am not familiar with the uses of the word breeches. Knickers, on the other hand, is another word, which I believe definitely means knee-length trousers.
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Knygathin wrote: the usual knee-length, is because people wore high boots. A garment that was adapted for horse-back riding. When society became more modern, we could dress in independent loose-fitting trousers instead.
Mar 27 16 2:28 AM
Russell Letson wrote:The American (linguistic) variant of "breeches" is "britches," and has pretty much the same sense as "pants," though it would be considered an informal or even rural usage.
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Matt Hughes wrote:Russell Letson wrote:The American (linguistic) variant of "breeches" is "britches," and has pretty much the same sense as "pants," though it would be considered an informal or even rural usage.But you have to be careful on the other side of the Atlantic: in the UK, "pants" is equivalent to American "underpants" or "panties."Oddly enough, the British slang for "panties" is "knickers," which comes from "knickerbockers," which was the American term for breeches that ended at the knee. Full circle.
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Mar 27 16 7:39 AM
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Jojo Lapin X wrote:Matt Hughes wrote:Russell Letson wrote:The American (linguistic) variant of "breeches" is "britches," and has pretty much the same sense as "pants," though it would be considered an informal or even rural usage.But you have to be careful on the other side of the Atlantic: in the UK, "pants" is equivalent to American "underpants" or "panties."Oddly enough, the British slang for "panties" is "knickers," which comes from "knickerbockers," which was the American term for breeches that ended at the knee. Full circle.I know; Matt Hughes pointed that out already three years ago.
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