Are you wearing a trouser?

No, not La Redoute. It was Cotton Traders which couldn't be more English in origin.

Must have been La Redoute which is French where such things are singular, like the American math.

I hate pedantry, probably because my father was pedantry central. You can't stop language change; it's inexorable. Having said that, in this day and age, at this moment in time and short of blue sky ideas and thinking outside the box, I can get a bit annoyed.

Obviously you can#t put a whole quotation in italics! Was trying to be clever...

According to Wiki:

'^The word "jeans" comes from the French phrase bleu de Gênes, literally the blue of Genoa. Jeans fabric, or denim, originated in the French town of Nîmes, from which 'denim' (de Nîmes) gets its name.^'

What would we do without Wiki - right or wrong?

I believe that as far as "jeans" go, the fabric was actually "jean" so why the plural in this case? anyone know out of interest? But in answer to your question Annobel, No, it doesn't rankle me! But maybe now it does a little.

At the risk of being disrespectful, a lady I knew who was an amputee used to ask her carers to cut off one of the legs of her leggings. She used to call the amended garment her legging!

Originally trousers came in two pieces and each leg was put on separately which is why we call them a pair of trousers ......so I assume that from this catalogue you can buy just the one leg!

No!

That is odd!