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"Leigh Melton" <le...@nbi.com> wrote in message
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husband's suits. I have a few pairs of trousers, but basically I wear
slacks when I am not wearing jeans. I use the term pants but prefer
slacks.
Audrey
terminology question
Leigh Melton <le...@nbi.com>
3/9/2006 2:01:26 AM
Okay, I'm an uncultured swine. Now that I've admitted it, could
someone tell me when I should use the following terms?
Slacks.
Trousers.
Pant.
Pants.
I feel very uncultured when I hear someone refer to "a pant" because I
always say "pants". I just assume I'm wrong. :)
Trousers I grew up thinking as men's pants. Maybe nicer than everyday
pants. Trousers had a jacket that matched them. Or something like
that.
Slacks were also something I thought of as menswear, but then I saw it
used for women's pan–, er, bottoms and so was unsure again. I thought
of slacks are something that could grow up to be trousers if they
married a suit jacket.
I looked on Google but mainly saw UK versus US word usage.
Leigh
––
Consequences, shmonsequences, as long as I'm rich. – D. Duck
someone tell me when I should use the following terms?
Slacks.
Trousers.
Pant.
Pants.
I feel very uncultured when I hear someone refer to "a pant" because I
always say "pants". I just assume I'm wrong. :)
Trousers I grew up thinking as men's pants. Maybe nicer than everyday
pants. Trousers had a jacket that matched them. Or something like
that.
Slacks were also something I thought of as menswear, but then I saw it
used for women's pan–, er, bottoms and so was unsure again. I thought
of slacks are something that could grow up to be trousers if they
married a suit jacket.
I looked on Google but mainly saw UK versus US word usage.
Leigh
––
Consequences, shmonsequences, as long as I'm rich. – D. Duck
"ahmward" <nospam.ahmw...@yahoo.com>
3/9/2006 9:14:04 AM
"Leigh Melton" <le...@nbi.com> wrote in message
news:m6kv02t127l96kjnjvtr4i2qddg3jn4...@4ax.com...
Okay, I'm an uncultured swine. Now that I've admitted it, could
someone tell me when I should use the following terms?
Slacks.
Trousers.
Pant.
Pants.
I feel very uncultured when I hear someone refer to "a pant" because I
always say "pants". I just assume I'm wrong. :)
Trousers I grew up thinking as men's pants. Maybe nicer than everyday
pants. Trousers had a jacket that matched them. Or something like
that.
Slacks were also something I thought of as menswear, but then I saw it
used for women's pan–, er, bottoms and so was unsure again. I thought
of slacks are something that could grow up to be trousers if they
married a suit jacket.
I looked on Google but mainly saw UK versus US word usage.
Leigh
––
Consequences, shmonsequences, as long as I'm rich. – D. Duck
I usually say slacks. IMO trousers are cuffed the way they are on my someone tell me when I should use the following terms?
Slacks.
Trousers.
Pant.
Pants.
I feel very uncultured when I hear someone refer to "a pant" because I
always say "pants". I just assume I'm wrong. :)
Trousers I grew up thinking as men's pants. Maybe nicer than everyday
pants. Trousers had a jacket that matched them. Or something like
that.
Slacks were also something I thought of as menswear, but then I saw it
used for women's pan–, er, bottoms and so was unsure again. I thought
of slacks are something that could grow up to be trousers if they
married a suit jacket.
I looked on Google but mainly saw UK versus US word usage.
Leigh
––
Consequences, shmonsequences, as long as I'm rich. – D. Duck
husband's suits. I have a few pairs of trousers, but basically I wear
slacks when I am not wearing jeans. I use the term pants but prefer
slacks.
Audrey
"Barbara" <mom_2_...@hotmail.com>
3/9/2006 9:31:44 AM
ahmward wrote:
"Leigh Melton" <le...@nbi.com> wrote in message
news:m6kv02t127l96kjnjvtr4i2qddg3jn4...@4ax.com...
I usually say slacks. IMO trousers are cuffed the way they are on my
husband's suits. I have a few pairs of trousers, but basically I wear
slacks when I am not wearing jeans. I use the term pants but prefer
slacks.
*Pants* (and I do prefer the plural usage, which I believe to be
correct) are any form of two–legged, full length garments (YKWIM).
That's the term I generally use.
Trousers are a specific form of tailored pants. Trousers include the
pants that are part of a suit as well as pants that are worn with a
blazer or sports coat, but are not limited to those. For example,
trousers might have a crease down the front, and slit (not patch)
pockets in the back.
Slacks are more casual, and include those awful double–knit things from
the 60s.
Barbara
"Leigh Melton" <le...@nbi.com> wrote in message
news:m6kv02t127l96kjnjvtr4i2qddg3jn4...@4ax.com...
I usually say slacks. IMO trousers are cuffed the way they are on my
husband's suits. I have a few pairs of trousers, but basically I wear
slacks when I am not wearing jeans. I use the term pants but prefer
slacks.
correct) are any form of two–legged, full length garments (YKWIM).
That's the term I generally use.
Trousers are a specific form of tailored pants. Trousers include the
pants that are part of a suit as well as pants that are worn with a
blazer or sports coat, but are not limited to those. For example,
trousers might have a crease down the front, and slit (not patch)
pockets in the back.
Slacks are more casual, and include those awful double–knit things from
the 60s.
Barbara