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"Bra is short for brassiere. Plural of which is brassieres. Although plural of bra is just bras. "
I know that but when we talk about it being on a person then why do we say panties as the plural even it's one on one person but yet we use bra as a singular I know looking at this confusingly but hey its dunno whst time in the morning I'm a bit crazy at this time haha |
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"Bra is short for brassiere. Plural of which is brassieres. Although plural of bra is just bras.
I know that but when we talk about it being on a person then why do we say panties as the plural even it's one on one person but yet we use bra as a singular I know looking at this confusingly but hey its dunno whst time in the morning I'm a bit crazy at this time haha "
I don't say panties. I say pants. Pants and bra. The word panties makes me cringe |
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"Bra is short for brassiere. Plural of which is brassieres. Although plural of bra is just bras.
I know that but when we talk about it being on a person then why do we say panties as the plural even it's one on one person but yet we use bra as a singular I know looking at this confusingly but hey its dunno whst time in the morning I'm a bit crazy at this time haha "
Because it's a pair... |
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"Bra is short for brassiere. Plural of which is brassieres. Although plural of bra is just bras.
I know that but when we talk about it being on a person then why do we say panties as the plural even it's one on one person but yet we use bra as a singular I know looking at this confusingly but hey its dunno whst time in the morning I'm a bit crazy at this time haha
I don't say panties. I say pants. Pants and bra. The word panties makes me cringe "
Yeh I don't really like panties either I prefer to use knickers lol but I mentioned about panties as that's all I could think of at that time in the morning haha |
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"Thought they were called knickers
Yeah panties, another Americanism creeping in. Pants as in underpants or trousers if you live up north fine but yes it's knickers. "
where on earth did you hear that rubbish, calling trousers pants is yet another American thing, not a northern thing, we up in the north call trousers trousers, and knickers knickers. |
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"Thought they were called knickers
Yeah panties, another Americanism creeping in. Pants as in underpants or trousers if you live up north fine but yes it's knickers.
where on earth did you hear that rubbish, calling trousers pants is yet another American thing, not a northern thing, we up in the north call trousers trousers, and knickers knickers."
Not in Manchester they don't. Trousers are pants here. |
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"Thought they were called knickers
Yeah panties, another Americanism creeping in. Pants as in underpants or trousers if you live up north fine but yes it's knickers.
where on earth did you hear that rubbish, calling trousers pants is yet another American thing, not a northern thing, we up in the north call trousers trousers, and knickers knickers.
Not in Manchester they don't. Trousers are pants here. "
dont no which part of manchester, never ever heard trousers called pants in st Helens, trafford or any of the city of centre in the last 15 years that ive frequented those areas. |
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"Thought they were called knickers
Yeah panties, another Americanism creeping in. Pants as in underpants or trousers if you live up north fine but yes it's knickers.
where on earth did you hear that rubbish, calling trousers pants is yet another American thing, not a northern thing, we up in the north call trousers trousers, and knickers knickers.
Not in Manchester they don't. Trousers are pants here.
dont no which part of manchester, never ever heard trousers called pants in st Helens, trafford or any of the city of centre in the last 15 years that ive frequented those areas."
Most of. Certainly my ex's family are from Abbey Hey, Gorton, Droylsden, that side of town and it's common here in Stalybridge/ Mossley/Saddleworth too. |
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"Thought they were called knickers
Yeah panties, another Americanism creeping in. Pants as in underpants or trousers if you live up north fine but yes it's knickers.
where on earth did you hear that rubbish, calling trousers pants is yet another American thing, not a northern thing, we up in the north call trousers trousers, and knickers knickers.
Not in Manchester they don't. Trousers are pants here.
dont no which part of manchester, never ever heard trousers called pants in st Helens, trafford or any of the city of centre in the last 15 years that ive frequented those areas."
In Ireland pants were trousers and trousers were slacks.
We always called ladies underwear knickers....never panties. |
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"Thought they were called knickers
Yeah panties, another Americanism creeping in. Pants as in underpants or trousers if you live up north fine but yes it's knickers.
where on earth did you hear that rubbish, calling trousers pants is yet another American thing, not a northern thing, we up in the north call trousers trousers, and knickers knickers.
Not in Manchester they don't. Trousers are pants here.
dont no which part of manchester, never ever heard trousers called pants in st Helens, trafford or any of the city of centre in the last 15 years that ive frequented those areas."
I'm from Manc and for men I would say undies or duds and for woman knickers or drawers |
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"Thought they were called knickers
Yeah panties, another Americanism creeping in. Pants as in underpants or trousers if you live up north fine but yes it's knickers.
where on earth did you hear that rubbish, calling trousers pants is yet another American thing, not a northern thing, we up in the north call trousers trousers, and knickers knickers.
Not in Manchester they don't. Trousers are pants here.
dont no which part of manchester, never ever heard trousers called pants in st Helens, trafford or any of the city of centre in the last 15 years that ive frequented those areas.
I'm from Manc and for men I would say undies or duds and for woman knickers or drawers "
And for guys kecks I've heard a lot. |
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"Thought they were called knickers
Yeah panties, another Americanism creeping in. Pants as in underpants or trousers if you live up north fine but yes it's knickers.
where on earth did you hear that rubbish, calling trousers pants is yet another American thing, not a northern thing, we up in the north call trousers trousers, and knickers knickers.
Not in Manchester they don't. Trousers are pants here.
dont no which part of manchester, never ever heard trousers called pants in st Helens, trafford or any of the city of centre in the last 15 years that ive frequented those areas.
I'm from Manc and for men I would say undies or duds and for woman knickers or drawers
And for guys kecks I've heard a lot. "
I would normally use kecks for trousers (god this is going to get confusing ) but could use it for undies as well |
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It's plural for knickers, or panties, or pantaloons because they originally came as a pair of two halves - one to fit each leg, with a gap between so that ladies could pee without having to remove acres of Victorian underskirts....
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"It's plural for knickers, or panties, or pantaloons because they originally came as a pair of two halves - one to fit each leg, with a gap between so that ladies could pee without having to remove acres of Victorian underskirts....
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"Thought they were called knickers
Yeah panties, another Americanism creeping in. Pants as in underpants or trousers if you live up north fine but yes it's knickers.
where on earth did you hear that rubbish, calling trousers pants is yet another American thing, not a northern thing, we up in the north call trousers trousers, and knickers knickers.
Not in Manchester they don't. Trousers are pants here.
dont no which part of manchester, never ever heard trousers called pants in st Helens, trafford or any of the city of centre in the last 15 years that ive frequented those areas.
Most of. Certainly my ex's family are from Abbey Hey, Gorton, Droylsden, that side of town and it's common here in Stalybridge/ Mossley/Saddleworth too. "
I think it maybe as stated above, another americanism creeping in, but its certainly far from wide spread, even in a few of them areas you mentioned ive never heard it, america can keep it lol. |
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