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   Hibou to All   
   Re: Panties... -- as of 20 (?) years ago   
   03 Jul 24 06:06:09   
   
   XPost: alt.usage.english   
   From: vpaereru-unmonitored@yahoo.com.invalid   
      
   Le 02/07/2024 à 16:11, HenHanna a écrit :   
   >   
   > ... and speaking of Panties...   
   >   
   > as of  20 (?) years ago in japan,   
   > young women's [panties] were no longer call that.   
   >   
   >                      They are called "pants" now.  (or   
   "shorts")   
   >   
   > is this a "Woke" thing?   
      
   Do you have a source for that? Who has been calling them 'pants' and not   
   'panties'? Japanese women? Why are they speaking English and not   
   Japanese? Is Japanese too difficult for them (it is for me)?   
      
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