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Old 02-21-2011, 11:29 AM   #16
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We should not only protest the strange names for colors, we should NEVER ever order pants from a place that calls them "a pant."

"This lovely tweed pant goes from casual to dressy with just a few additions..."

Pant + pretentious = pantentious!

THIS is a pant:

(and cute)
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Old 02-21-2011, 12:27 PM   #17
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And I will refuse to buy from a shop that calls trousers "pants".
No. Pants (in the country) and knickers, briefs, smalls, lingerie.

If I walk out of my house in just my pants you'll know about it.
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Old 02-21-2011, 12:30 PM   #18
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Trousers always just makes me think of "trouser snake."

What is trousing? What is someone looking for when they trouse?

"Where are you going, honey?"

"Oh, thought I'd do a little shopping, some banking, maybe some trousing."

"Well, you better wear your trousers, just in case."

And, like pant, should it be trouser or trousers?

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Old 02-21-2011, 12:50 PM   #19
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Trousers. Like pants and scissors, they come in pairs.
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Old 02-21-2011, 01:37 PM   #20
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But what is trouse?

I googled it and got this:

World English Dictionary
trouse (traʊz)

— pl n
( Brit ) close-fitting breeches worn in Ireland

[from Irish and Scot Gaelic triubhas : compare trews ]


Now we're throwing BREECHES into the pile? Oy.

I've heard of them there britches, though.

In the south, they call all pants "Coke."
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Old 02-21-2011, 01:39 PM   #21
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Breeches?
We close up those with our English dead.

Not to be confused with dykes, which are satisfied by a finger.
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Old 02-21-2011, 01:46 PM   #22
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My friend's a Web trouser.

He goes on porn sites and pants.
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Old 02-21-2011, 01:51 PM   #23
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You mean your friend zippy?

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Old 02-21-2011, 01:52 PM   #24
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Buttons are better.
I try to rub mine occasionally to remind me.
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Old 02-21-2011, 03:47 PM   #25
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"This lovely tweed pant goes from casual to dressy with just a few additions..."
Yeah, the addition of another pant would give you a pair of pants which, when worn, would constitute being dressed, hence dressy.
half dressed = casual.

I have a friend who works for a big clothing catalog house, he 'splained me.
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Old 02-21-2011, 03:48 PM   #26
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I guess if you work at IHOP you would only need the pant.
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Old 02-21-2011, 04:01 PM   #27
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And at Hooters you'd would only get the pant.
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Old 02-21-2011, 05:46 PM   #28
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and many panters...

Panting punters?
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Old 02-22-2011, 07:50 PM   #29
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Trousers always just makes me think of "trouser snake."

What is trousing? What is someone looking for when they trouse?

"Where are you going, honey?"

"Oh, thought I'd do a little shopping, some banking, maybe some trousing."

"Well, you better wear your trousers, just in case."

And, like pant, should it be trouser or trousers?

i could SO get perverted with this. but i digress.
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Old 02-23-2011, 11:40 AM   #30
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Back onto topic... I painted my living room vanilla bean and it came out butter yellow. Just so you know. I thought it would be more of a beige or tan.
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