I was so annoyed in another thread about people criticising other (mostly the Americans) about their use of English Langauge I thought I would start another. This was my answer, Pease feel free to add your comment.
You find that a lot people in the North of England e.g lancashire do call trousers 'pants' It confused me for a while, but it is very common & always has been the case. The English language is very broad even in the UK, with much of the world speaking it as well then you are going to get defferent words, ,meanings , spellings, dialects etc. 'Pants 'actually make sense if you think about it. Mens underwear are 'underpants' ie that under the pants.
To the guy who mentioned 'sidewalk' Out Yankee friends use this for 'pavement'...but 'sidewalk' is actually an 'old English' term which was used in England up untill the 16th Century. Much of so called 'americamisms' are actually old english terms & words which we in England don't use anymore. So don't be too quick to criticise.
2006-09-12
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