Re: "a Pair of Panties" ?????

Hibou <vpaereru-unmonitored@yahoo.com.invalid> wrote:

Le 01/07/2024 à 12:38, occam a écrit :

On 01/07/2024 07:56, Hibou wrote:

 
I observe that the kilt is singular - two legs, but only one hole.

 
While in Aberdeen, the question arose: "what's the difference between a
kilt and a skirt? What do Scottish women wear?"
 
The wittiest answer I got was that Scotsmen call it a 'kilt' to avoid
the embarrassment of having to admit that they are wearing a skirt.

 
That may well be true; certainly one encounters considerable resistance
among Scots, both men and women, if one calls a kilt a skirt.

I'd say they're incredibly touchy about it.

This, I
think, is just a matter of time and place. At other times and places, it
has been and is normal for men to wear skirts - Roman legionnaires did,
for instance.

From what I can tell, skirts and dresses were the standard garments for
blokes pretty much everywhere until very recently. It was women with
trousers that were considered unnatural.