I wonder when American and English diverged on the meaning of pants, because it very much means underwear over here. Although with how prevalent American TV is (and I guess influencers are these days) people have no problem understanding what you mean… But we’ll have a laugh over it!
Id guess sometime in the 1800s when certain types of clothes layering became common, more specifically chaps. The jump from pants meaning underwear to pants equals under chaps wear isn’t that far.
To be fair, that’s also the case in English.
Yeah but I’ve never heard anyone use it that way. I don’t think anyone would mistake you for talking about underwear in most scenarios.
I wonder when American and English diverged on the meaning of pants, because it very much means underwear over here. Although with how prevalent American TV is (and I guess influencers are these days) people have no problem understanding what you mean… But we’ll have a laugh over it!
Id guess sometime in the 1800s when certain types of clothes layering became common, more specifically chaps. The jump from pants meaning underwear to pants equals under chaps wear isn’t that far.
I live in Scotland and I was very confused when my friend from America visited and they were like “it’s hot, can I take off my pants” .__.
Pants in British English (and probably more) more often carries the meaning of underpants.