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Subject: Re: Panties... -- as of 20 (?) years ago in Japan, young women's
 [panties] were no longer call that.
Date: Wed, 3 Jul 2024 06:06:09 +0100
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Le 02/07/2024 à 16:11, HenHanna a écrit :
> 
> ... and speaking of Panties...
> 
> as of  20 (?) years ago in japan,
> young women's [panties] were no longer call that.
> 
>                      They are called "pants" now.  (or "shorts")
> 
> is this a "Woke" thing?

Do you have a source for that? Who has been calling them 'pants' and not 
'panties'? Japanese women? Why are they speaking English and not 
Japanese? Is Japanese too difficult for them (it is for me)?