10-07-2006, 02:46 PM
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| British Terminology
Just wanted to tell you chaps that over here we call the lower part of the uniform "breeches".
"Knickers", as you seem to call them in the USA, are the vernacular for women's underwear.
Just thought I'd warn you all, in case you ever come over to Blighty. Could cause a few embarrassing moments.
If this has been pointed out before, a thousand pardons. (Newbie) | 
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10-07-2006, 02:47 PM
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| Multiple times, but it never ceases to amuse. | |
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10-07-2006, 03:06 PM
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| shhhh don't tell them that.... think of how much cheap humour you spoil when you say these things  | |
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10-07-2006, 06:08 PM
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| Also, though this may be an Australian dialect difference from US dialect, don't tell people who you are "rooting for", as "rooting" has quite a different meaning...
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10-07-2006, 06:08 PM
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| Huh. Yeah, I do recall thinking knickers sounded like underwear when I first heard it, but if the lower part of the fencing uniform is "breeches" then what do you call what you wear horsebackriding? cuz they definitely aren't the same thing.
Saddleseat pants and hunt pants that go over paddock boots are referred to as "jods," but the hunt pants that are meant to go inside knee-high boots are breeches.
But of course, you folks on the other side of the pond think "pants" are underwear, too, and what we call pants are "trousers."
And what the heck are "britches"? (my dad's side of the family are the only people I know who say that, so maybe it's just Missouri slang) | |
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10-07-2006, 06:28 PM
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| Aren't "britches" another term for the breeches like pants they wore in the 1700/1600's?
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10-07-2006, 09:24 PM
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| Yeah, yeah, yeah, Nick. It works the same the other way 'round. I strongly advise that you don't come to the US and ask to buy some fags, for example. And don't ask any girls if you can knock them up sometime, either. 
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10-07-2006, 09:26 PM
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Originally Posted by Inquartata And don't ask any girls if you can knock them up sometime, either. | Why not? At least you know you'll never be homeless again, even if it is in a trailer park that you have to reside.....
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10-08-2006, 05:41 AM
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| In London slang, the word "nicker" can also mean one pound of money. Now, if only I can exploit this loophole in getting cheap knickers from leon paul uk. 
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10-10-2006, 06:37 AM
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Originally Posted by Inquartata Yeah, yeah, yeah, Nick. It works the same the other way 'round. I strongly advise that you don't come to the US and ask to buy some fags, for example. And don't ask any girls if you can knock them up sometime, either. | Ha. Too true. But we don't say 'knock you up' as that has the same meaning over here.
I am aware of all the double-entendres and double meanings, but thanks anyway.
And as for the horseriding 'pants' issue, they're called jodpurs.
And breeches are what people wore regularly in previous centuries; presumably 'britches' are an Americanised version of the word, maybe dialectical. | |
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