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Failed to connect to MySQL: (1203) User howardkn already has more than 'max_user_connections' active connectionsPath: ...!2.eu.feeder.erje.net!feeder.erje.net!eternal-september.org!feeder3.eternal-september.org!news.eternal-september.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: Antonio Marques Newsgroups: sci.lang,alt.usage.english Subject: Re: "a Pair of Panties" ????? Date: Wed, 3 Jul 2024 13:09:00 -0000 (UTC) Organization: A noiseless patient Spider Lines: 26 Message-ID: References: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Injection-Date: Wed, 03 Jul 2024 15:09:00 +0200 (CEST) Injection-Info: dont-email.me; posting-host="c02f0e6724af03f1fed02e6c6329b9ff"; logging-data="2319046"; mail-complaints-to="abuse@eternal-september.org"; posting-account="U2FsdGVkX1/ICgi/gJgaZezKsP3+WrseoZslzBaiFJUeGINoqU/LxA==" User-Agent: NewsTap/5.5 (iPhone/iPod Touch) Cancel-Lock: sha1:468I6mZDJxjv7rYB52FDcR6SeAk= sha1:VxuPtFbI4BGiMXa3TZ4UfSdsSV0= Bytes: 2184 Hibou 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.