Ching Chou
pants or trousers? which is British english
Dec 20, 2016 11:18 AM
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Both are British English, but they mean different things: "pants" are a kind of underwear worn underneath "trousers". There is some local variation, though: around Manchester, for example, you may hear people saying "pants" instead of "trousers".
December 20, 2016
Not quite. Underwear is underwear here in the US and pants are also trousers. But trousers is used less as a synonym. Trousers has an old-fashioned ring to it for us Americans. 'Underpants' is a baby talk.
December 20, 2016
Trousers.
December 20, 2016
Cool,thank u. I suppose that pants is a British expression which is equally the same as underwear to American : )
December 20, 2016
I am not sure about British English, but in Canada we use both. I would say that pants is more commonly used. Also, men wear trousers and women would wear pants. Men and women can both wear pants but women never wear trousers.
December 20, 2016
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