why do you call trousers, "pants"

[CASS]

???

 

[slickdadd]

Why do you call sweaters, "Jumpers"

 

[gettinlarger]

Because "trousers" is just gay.

 

[gettinlarger]

maybe! LOL! but pants are what you wear under your trousers. Pants = underwear!

That's craziness! You wacky Brits! What zaniness will you come up with next?

 

[CASS]

Because "trousers" is just gay.

maybe! LOL! but pants are what you wear under your trousers. Pants = underwear!

 

[gettinlarger]

The word pants has an interesting history. It's ultimate etymon is Old Italian Pantalone. In the 1600s, Italy developed commedia dell'arte, a style of comedy based on improvisation using stock characters. Pantalone was a stock character who was portrayed as a foolish old man wearing slippers and tight trousers. Through regular metyonmy, speakers of Old French borrowed his name to describe his Italian trousers. Their word was then borrowed into English as pantaloon, which in time was shortened to pants and came to mean trousers in general. British speakers of English have modified the meaning again to the sense of "underpants", resulting in the confusing situation described in Norman Moss' quote above.

Cite your source, you bastard!!

 

[CASS]

That's craziness! You wacky Brits! What zaniness will you come up with next?

LOL!!!! it makes me wonder sometimes!! (from both our and your point of views).

 

[Y_lifter]

The word pants has an interesting history. It's ultimate etymon is Old Italian Pantalone. In the 1600s, Italy developed commedia dell'arte, a style of comedy based on improvisation using stock characters. Pantalone was a stock character who was portrayed as a foolish old man wearing slippers and tight trousers. Through regular metyonmy, speakers of Old French borrowed his name to describe his Italian trousers. Their word was then borrowed into English as pantaloon, which in time was shortened to pants and came to mean trousers in general. British speakers of English have modified the meaning again to the sense of "underpants", resulting in the confusing situation described in Norman Moss' quote above.

 

[gettinlarger]

Why do you call chips, 'crisps'?
Why do you call the trunk of a car the 'boot'?
Why do you call the windshield the 'windscreen'?
Why do you call chicks 'birds'?

Dude, you're Canadian. You have no say in this matter.

 

[milo hobgoblin]

well

because most of us were born AFTER 1952.....

 

[Bullit]

Why do you call chips, 'crisps'?
Why do you call the trunk of a car the 'boot'?
Why do you call the windshield the 'windscreen'?
Why do you call chicks 'birds'?

 

[ariolanine]

???

Why do you call a hood, a bonnet?

 

[CASS]

Why do you call chips, 'crisps'?
Why do you call the trunk of a car the 'boot'?
Why do you call the windshield the 'windscreen'?
Why do you call chicks 'birds'?

because:

crisps are crisps
fries are chips
gas is petrol
freeway is motorway


chips are what you call fries and crisps are thin bits of potato fries and can be flavoured what you call potato chips....

its mad that they have such different names and meanings!!!!!!

 

[Bullit]

And most of all..

Why the HELL do you call that stupid fuck Ali G 'funny'????

 

[CASS]

And most of all..

Why the HELL do you call that stupid fuck Ali G 'funny'????

thats an easy one to answer, because he is funny!

 

[FreeballinDC]

And most of all..

Why the HELL do you call that stupid fuck Ali G 'funny'????

Who would you rather have, Ali G or Graham Norton?

 

[slickdadd]

I like Graham Norton. He's pretty quick.

 

[Bullit]

No idea who that is.

 

[FreeballinDC]

No idea who that is.

Gawd, I forgot, you're a Canuck

Graham Norton is a British talk show host. His show is on BBC America, and it's pretty funny. If you get the chance, catch it sometime.

So Graham Norton is the name of the show.