[Saph]

Trousers

[Omah]

Originally Posted by Smithy

Obv they're jeans, but pants or trousers?

Neither ..... and I wouldn't wear them either .....

[Kazanne]

All I'de call those are jeans.

[Smithy]

well what do you call things you wear on your legs in general

[Omah]

Originally Posted by Smithy

well what do you call things you wear on your legs in general

Trousers .....

Pants go underneath legwear, unless you're Superman and wear tights, in which case they go on top, without trousers ....

[lostalex]

Originally Posted by Smithy

well what do you call things you wear on your legs in general

everytime i see your ava it cracks me up. Rebel Wilson is awesome <3

[Kazanne]

Originally Posted by Smithy

well what do you call things you wear on your legs in general

pants

[Cherie]

Originally Posted by Smithy

well what do you call things you wear on your legs in general

socks.

[Vanessa]

I call them pantaloons!

[lostalex]

Originally Posted by Vanessa

I call them pantaloons!

lol. well played.

[Kazanne]

Originally Posted by Cherie

socks.

trust you

[Smithy]

Originally Posted by lostalex

everytime i see your ava it cracks me up. Rebel Wilson is awesome <3

Did you see her at the MTV Movie awards

Originally Posted by Cherie

socks.

No that's your feet sweetie

[lostalex]

Originally Posted by Smithy

Did you see her at the MTV Movie awards
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yes, she's hilarious. She is literally the female Matt Lucas.

She and the other fat girl from Bridesmaids need to do a movie together. They are both so awesome.

[GypsyGoth]

Pants, as mentioned underpants are the garments that go under those.

I think at some stage people shortened the word "underpants" to just "pants," hence the confusion.

[Omah]

Originally Posted by GypsyGoth

Pants, as mentioned underpants are the garments that go under those.

I think at some stage people shortened the word "underpants" to just "pants," hence the confusion.

But "pants" is from "pantaloons" :

Pantaloons are knee-length, calf-length or ankle-length loose pants that can be worn by either men or women. The word pantaloon comes from the Italian word pantalone, which in turn was derived from a character in a seventeenth century comedy play. The character in the play, Pantaleone, was shown wearing these pants, and was probably the first person to wear them in public.

During the French Revolution, the revolutionaries disdained the then-fashionable breeches in favor of pantaloons. Breeches were symbolic of the ousted royals and aristocrats. The pantaloon, on the other hand, seemed to have a more fraternal character.

Women took to wearing dress pantaloons in Napoleonic France. Knee-length and ankle-length versions were worn as undergarments under the light muslin Empire-waisted gowns. White or skin-colored girls pantaloons were also in vogue at this time.

and "trousers" is from "trews" :

Trews (Truis or Triubhas) are men's clothing for the legs and lower abdomen, a traditional form of tartan trousers from Scottish apparel. Trews could be trimmed with leather, usually buckskin, especially on the inner leg to prevent wear from riding on horseback.

Tartan trews shared the fate of other items of Highland dress, including proscription under the Dress Act of 1746 that banned Highlanders from wearing the truis ("Trowse"), and resurrection during the Romantic Revival.

The tartan truis or trousers date back to 1538 as a medieval style of woven tartan cloth trousers as a garment preferably used during the Highland winter where the kilt would be impractical in such cold weather. The word is triubhas in Scottish Gaelic. Truis or trews are anglicised spellings meaning trousers.

So, pants can be worn under or over, but trousers can't .....

[GypsyGoth]

Thanks Omah I love etymology.

[Omah]

Originally Posted by GypsyGoth

Thanks Omah I love etymology.

Yeah, it can be "revealing" :

In the 14th century it became common among the men of the noble and knightly classes to connect the hose directly to their pourpoints (the padded under jacket worn with armored breastplates that would later evolve into the doublet) rather than to their drawers. In the 15th century, rising hemlines led to ever briefer drawers until they were dispensed with altogether by the most fashionable elites who joined their skin-tight hose back into trousers. These trousers, which we would today call tights but which were still called hose or sometimes joined hose at the time, emerged late in the 15th Century and were conspicuous by their open crotch which was covered by an independently fastening front panel, the codpiece. The exposure of the hose to the waist was consistent with 15th-century trends, which also brought pourpoint/doublet and the shirt, previous undergarments, into view, but the most revealing of these fashions were only ever adopted at court and not by the general population.

Rowan Atkinson's Blackadder codpiece auctioned for Ł850

[Chuck]

Trousers because I was taught British English.

[Apple202]

They're jeans

but pants

[mizzy25]

both

[AnnieK]

I use both...I do live life on the edge though