We recently moved back to the US after living in the UK for five years. While there, I never got used to the word "pants" meaning underwear. It was very embarrassing when we went into a Starbucks out of a downpour where the water had come up to my ankles. I turned with disgust to my husband and said, "My pants are soaking wet!!" Several people turned my way and just stared. I said, "Trousers! I meant trousers!" but it was too late. ;-) LOL
Teena ________________________________ From: Robin Netherton <ro...@netherton.net> To: Historical Costume <h-cost...@indra.com> Sent: Wednesday, March 20, 2013 8:14 PM Subject: Re: [h-cost] Terms for pants One of my favorite speakers on costume history once began a lecture at an international conference by saying, "I considered giving this presentation wearing knickers and a vest." The Americans in the audience may have thought she had a quirky fashion sense, but the Brits were horrified. The speaker went on to discuss the problems of fashion terminology in historical sources. --Robin _______________________________________________ h-costume mailing list h-costume@mail.indra.com http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume _______________________________________________ h-costume mailing list h-costume@mail.indra.com http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume
