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Knickers or pants

(162 Posts)
glammanana Tue 05-Dec-17 11:12:51

Knickers for me (French of course) tchgrin

Fennel Tue 05-Dec-17 11:10:32

In France they're called 'slips' for some reason.
That's what I used to call a petticoat.

BlueBelle Tue 05-Dec-17 11:10:30

Good grief pants I finished with knickers when I left school In my head knickers are for old old old women who wear drawers with elastic in the legs Panties sounds twee

Bathsheba Tue 05-Dec-17 11:09:12

Knickers. Pants are for men; panties are for pervs.

Baggs Tue 05-Dec-17 11:07:21

Some men wear knickerbockers with underpants, would you believe, underneath.

Baggs Tue 05-Dec-17 11:06:44

Knickers. Men wear underpants.

MissAdventure Tue 05-Dec-17 11:06:28

I think women only say "panties" in mens imaginations.
Knickers for me.

lemongrove Tue 05-Dec-17 11:04:44

Haven’t called them knickers since I was a child.Always pants.Never panties though, sounds pervy.grin

Maggiemaybe Tue 05-Dec-17 11:01:52

Knickers, always. Despite the fact that I often wore red shoes at work and used to be told "red shoes, no knickers"! Got that again when I bought a fur coat (fake, of course).

goldengirl Tue 05-Dec-17 11:01:15

Knickers. Men wear pants

Anniebach Tue 05-Dec-17 11:00:07

Knickers . Could have been worse, they could have said panties , horrible word

Teetime Tue 05-Dec-17 10:55:35

Just come back from the hospital where they ask you to strip down to bra and pants. I don't wear pants I wear knickers. Apart from the gentlemen here do you wear pants or knickers.smile