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> . UK, where pants is pants and not trousers. ;) I made this mistake once when I spent a summer in Ireland in high school. (I should add here that the people
by chimeracoder 13y ago
> . UK, where pants is pants and not trousers. ;)
I made this mistake once when I spent a summer in Ireland in high school. (I should add here that the people at this summer program were noticeably more homophobic than I was used to back home[0]) I had borrowed a pair of "trousers" from a friend for a costume for some event.
When asking permission from the RA later that night to go to a different dorm after lights-out, I told him, 'I need to give <friend> his pants back'.
I will never forget the look of horror that he gave me.
[0] Not sure if it's a cultural thing or just the program I happened to be at, but either way, it's relevant.
- JonnieCache 13y agoConfusingly, in the north of england and in scotland, pants means trousers, just like in the US.
- laumars 13y agoNot in any areas of the north I've lived / stayed in. the only people in England who call pants 'underpants' and trousers as 'pants' are those who watch excessive amounts of US TV shows.
- jwdunne 13y agoI'm from Salford and use pants/trousers interchangeably, have done since I was young. Perhaps this is also due to watching films too, which are mostly from the US over here. I haven't watched that many US programmes in my life time. I don't watch much TV at all really! As a side note, I saw undies in the original too!
- popopje 13y agonot in my experience of scotland, though i do know geordies and irish who say pants.
- stordoff 13y agoNever heard that in Yorkshire. Possibly a more localised thing?