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From: Chris Elvidge <chris@x550c.mshome.net>
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Subject: Re: "a Pair of Panties" ?????
Date: Wed, 3 Jul 2024 14:54:36 +0100
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On 03/07/2024 at 14:09, Antonio Marques wrote:
> Hibou <vpaereru-unmonitored@yahoo.com.invalid> wrote:
>> Le 01/07/2024 à 12:38, occam a écrit :
>>> On 01/07/2024 07:56, Hibou wrote:
>>>>
>>>> I observe that the kilt is singular - two legs, but only one hole.
>>>
>>> While in Aberdeen, the question arose: "what's the difference between a
>>> kilt and a skirt? What do Scottish women wear?"
>>>
>>> The wittiest answer I got was that Scotsmen call it a 'kilt' to avoid
>>> the embarrassment of having to admit that they are wearing a skirt.
>>
>> That may well be true; certainly one encounters considerable resistance
>> among Scots, both men and women, if one calls a kilt a skirt.
> 
> I'd say they're incredibly touchy about it.
> 
>> This, I
>> think, is just a matter of time and place. At other times and places, it
>> has been and is normal for men to wear skirts - Roman legionnaires did,
>> for instance.
> 
>  From what I can tell, skirts and dresses were the standard garments for
> blokes pretty much everywhere until very recently. It was women with
> trousers that were considered unnatural.
> 

And illegal in France.


-- 
Chris Elvidge, England
I WILL NOT DRAW NAKED LADIES IN CLASS