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Mar 27 16 2:28 AM
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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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Mar 27 16 7:18 AM
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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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