Undergarments

[Jenny_Jackson]

Over the desk, and as the paddle falls for the fiftieth time, "Oh Sir, I will never do it again."

That should be, "Thank you, Sir. May I have another?"

 

[DriveSouth]

Greetings -

Like a couple other threads on this board -"Story Feedback", let's post some pics of our favorite undergarments. What say ye posters?

 

[lushlucid]

Like a couple other threads on this board -"Story Feedback", let's post some pics of our favorite undergarments. What say ye posters?

you start
haha

 

[DriveSouth]

haha indeed -

 

[elfin_odalisque]

That should be, "Thank you, Sir. May I have another?"

Are you free tomorrow?

 

[Noctame]

I would imagine the context for that particular piece of clothing would matter too.

In a historical fiction a gentlemen seeing a women's knickers would turn him on considerably, seeing panties would confuse him or scandalize him.


though a little piece of ass never hurts XD

 

[elfin_odalisque]

Evanslily

Just caught up with a thread that got me reading a UK girl, Morrigu. Although she writes sort of stroke vignettes, she is a stickler for knickers. In the way she writes, everyone (except MarshAlien, of course) is swept up in the erotica.

 

[evanslily]

Evanslily

Just caught up with a thread that got me reading a UK girl, Morrigu. Although she writes sort of stroke vignettes, she is a stickler for knickers. In the way she writes, everyone (except MarshAlien, of course) is swept up in the erotica.

Yes--I noticed--thank you

Actually, it's just struck me--no idea why--but over here 'knickers' can be used in the same way as 'damn'. Probably because I just said it...

Don't suppose that translates too well to American--or does it?

Ever shout 'panties!' when you drop something, etc?
Guess not...

 

[elfin_odalisque]

Yes--I noticed--thank you

Actually, it's just struck me--no idea why--but over here 'knickers' can be used in the same way as 'damn'. Probably because I just said it...

Don't suppose that translates too well to American--or does it?

Ever shout 'panties!' when you drop something, etc?
Guess not...

No, but Ricky Gervais was on Letterman a while back, explaining why a gay clique in UK wanted to say 'pants' to things instead of 'knickers' to things as a way of 'emancipating' insults. Is this just off the wall?

 

[sr71plt]

Ever shout 'panties!' when you drop something, etc?
Guess not...

Dungarees! Oh, DUNGAREES! AHHHHHH, D U N G A R E E E E S!!!

 

[DriveSouth]

haha indeed -

I tried ...

 

[evanslily]

No, but Ricky Gervais was on Letterman a while back, explaining why a gay clique in UK wanted to say 'pants' to things instead of 'knickers' to things as a way of 'emancipating' insults. Is this just off the wall?

Yeah, I say 'pants' quite a bit. In the context of "It's pants, isn't it?"

Nearest equivalent would be "It's rubbish".
Whoops, I mean garbage...

 

[DriveSouth]

My Thoughts on Panties

Not the best thing in the world ... but next to it.

 

[palisa]

Late entry

A couple of random thoughts...hadn't seen this thread before.

I had the same image of knickers as bloomers, so now I know better. Like some of the other posters, I fail to see why anyone should change their word usage or spelling to cater to international readers, unless, say, you're a journalist writing for a UK or US newspaper that has style rules.

"Realtor" is not used by most newspapers in the US -- partly because to purists, it stinks, and partly because it's a copyrighted term for a member of whatever organization coined the word -- National Association of Realtors? Don't remember. But "real estate agent" is fine anywhere, IMO. (Don't Brits use "estate agent"?)

 

[sr71plt]

"Realtor" is not used by most newspapers in the US -- partly because to purists, it stinks, and partly because it's a copyrighted term for a member of whatever organization coined the word -- National Association of Realtors? Don't remember. But "real estate agent" is fine anywhere, IMO. (Don't Brits use "estate agent"?)

It's a trademarked term (by the National Association of Real Estate Boards), not copyrighted. You can't copyright a term. In either case, you can use the term in writing; you just have to spell it (and, in this case, capitalize it) as trademarked. I don't know why newspapers don't use it (and I don't know that they don't, actually--it's listed in The New York Times Manual of Style and Usage as a standard, usable term). News Agencies probably shy away from it simply because The Associated Press Stylebook and Libel Manual says it prefers "real estate agent." The AP probably doesn't like Realtor because they don't like capitalizing any term like this, and trademarking forces them to. (Yes, I think the Brits use "estate agent").

 

[MarshAlien]

Not all real estate agents are Realtors(TM). So I imagine that, since it's really not relevant (to anyone other than Realtors(TM), the newspapers don't bother to find out, and just use the more generic "real estate agent."

What the hell happened to the knickers thread?

 

[sr71plt]

Not all real estate agents are Realtors(TM). So I imagine that, since it's really not relevant (to anyone other than Realtors(TM), the newspapers don't bother to find out, and just use the more generic "real estate agent."

What the hell happened to the knickers thread?

That sounds logical. The funny thing is that I've seen Realtors (there's no requirement for that "TM" behind it in writing--just on product packaging) turn red and blow up into a big ball when someone calls them anything but a Realtor. Maybe the newspapers just enjoy seeing all the real estate people around them.

I think the knickers got nicked. (But now I guess the wheel takes another spin--"nicked" is a British term.)