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| Re: Panties... -- as of 20 (?) years ago |
| 04 Jul 24 08:02:15 |
XPost: alt.usage.english From: vpaereru-unmonitored@yahoo.com.invalid Le 03/07/2024 à 18:24, HenHanna a écrit : > On 7/2/2024 10:06 PM, Hibou wrote: >> 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)? > > here's a typical sentiment: > > 下着と言いますね。パンツだと子供っぽいし パンティだとおやじっぽいし、 > ショーツだと気取りすぎてるかんじがします 誰かに下着の事を話すと には > 『ショーツ』ですね。 Well, there's your answer, then: it's not wokery; it's that 'panties' sounds old-fashioned (assuming that the remark really is typical - Google cannot find it - and that 'panties' is a good equivalent in English - I doubt it has the same connotations). De la rigueur, voyons ! (La rigueur me tient à cœur.) --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05 * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2) |
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