Why do we call them underpants and they insist on calling them panties?
2006-09-03 03:49:45 · 7 answers · asked by Isis 7 in Society & Culture ➔ Etiquette
umm, just going by your question....maybe because panties sound "kinkier" or more girlie and feminine than underpants...
but, I'm a girl and I've always called them panties..and all my friends male/female call them panties so, maybe it's just where you grow up that the words are different... I'm from California..
maybe other places would call them briefs or "chonies".....who knows?
2006-09-03 03:55:20 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
It's gotta be a regional thing, or maybe just how you were raised, because my immediate family calls them underwear. My grandma might call them "panties" and "drawers," but she's old.
2006-09-03 13:46:18 · answer #2 · answered by Ophelia J 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I've never heard a woman say "underpants." Like others have said, it must just be where you are from.
2006-09-03 12:37:35 · answer #3 · answered by I'm Still Here 5 · 2⤊ 0⤋
i call them panties and i am a woman. Maybe that depends on the culture.
2006-09-03 10:52:34 · answer #4 · answered by Summer 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
i call them drawers. people think differently across the board. men speak a different language because they're from a different planet! gotta be!
2006-09-03 11:37:16 · answer #5 · answered by sheepherder 4 · 0⤊ 2⤋
To distinguish masculinity from feminity.
2006-09-03 10:52:30 · answer #6 · answered by natrinuretic 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
panties sound cuter?no clue
2006-09-03 10:50:58 · answer #7 · answered by Obilee 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋