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Panties as a word makes me feel funny - . It's just not said much over here... and probably the only time I read it is in erotica....
As opposed to pants 😂 which just makes me think of Granny Pants. I hate knickers too though. I think panties is a much nicer word though.
 
Panties as a word makes me feel funny - . It's just not said much over here... and probably the only time I read it is in erotica....

This is the separated by a common language thing again...knickers to us are normal...

The big ones we call pants. Or granny pants.

ETA: the big ones in your post, would be knickerbockers.

As opposed to pants 😂 which just makes me think of Granny Pants. I hate knickers too though. I think panties is a much nicer word though.

This, by the way, was one of the big hurdles I had living in GB. Pants are just slacks to me. So, telling my female colleague that, "oh I like those pants" (yes I did, they were bright flowery things, very lovely...should have said slacks) or, "I really wished I brought more pants" elicits really funny looks. I'm lucky that they were cognizant enough of the "separated by a common language" (thank you ITV) that they did not immediately ban me.

I will also say that Brit use of the word "diary" still throws me.....
 
This, by the way, was one of the big hurdles I had living in GB. Pants are just slacks to me. So, telling my female colleague that, "oh I like those pants" (yes I did, they were bright flowery things, very lovely...should have said slacks) or, "I really wished I brought more pants" elicits really funny looks. I'm lucky that they were cognizant enough of the "separated by a common language" (thank you ITV) that they did not immediately ban me.

I will also say that Brit use of the word "diary" still throws me.....
Trousers 😂😂 you liked her trousers.

Diary? Why?
 
Trousers 😂😂 you liked her trousers.

Diary? Why?
For an american, a diary is place where you write your most secret thoughts...especially if you're a teenaged girl....

So...ending meetings with, "ok, we'll meet on Thursday, the 21st, at 9am...be sure to put that in your diary" is just not getting my head in the right place...

Why would I put this in my diary? It hasn't happened yet, it's not that scintillating, and I'm a 50year old man...I don't *keep* a diary....

(for the Yanks in the room...it means calender...)

EDIT...and yes, trousers...which is also not really a word we use....but I did figure it out.
 
For an american, a diary is place where you write your most secret thoughts...especially if you're a teenaged girl....

So...ending meetings with, "ok, we'll meet on Thursday, the 21st, at 9am...be sure to put that in your diary" is just not getting my head in the right place...

Why would I put this in my diary? It hasn't happened yet, it's not that scintillating, and I'm a 50year old man...I don't *keep* a diary....

(for the Yanks in the room...it means calender...)
Your context clues got us there. LOL
 
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