"Did you know...?" - Wednesday, October 14, 2009 (story, 80's, England) - Other Topics - City-Data Forum

Suncoast Guy · 10-13-2009, 08:42 PM

Did you know... in England, in the 1880's, "Pants" was considered a dirty word?

AksarbeN · 10-13-2009, 08:45 PM

Shortly after I was born in 1943 "pants" was always dirty!

Rach1966 · 10-13-2009, 09:09 PM

no, I did not know that

CoastalMaine · 10-13-2009, 09:10 PM

I wonder why SCG!

So peculiar!

Nomadicus · 10-13-2009, 09:26 PM

H'm....wonder why?

Sweetie Pie · 10-13-2009, 09:37 PM

Ya know, if you're doing the "Did you know" thread, you really need to know the answer to the question!!!

IMHO, of course!!!

gr8doglove · 10-13-2009, 10:24 PM

I have a good friend who was born and raised in England (she has lived in America for the past ten years) and she told me that in England in the past, the word pants was a milder form of the S*** word.

SATX56 · 10-14-2009, 12:59 AM

You'd think Shirt would have been a more likely candidate!! The English. ..go figure....

B4U · 10-14-2009, 03:45 AM

So I wonder what they were called and how the word became acceptable???

Dbl-r · 10-14-2009, 04:14 AM

Well......like the rest I'd like to hear the story behind that