[Sca-cooks] Newcomers to the list and SCA

Laura C. Minnick lcm at jeffnet.org
Tue Aug 25 21:30:58 PDT 2009


Stefan li Rous wrote:
> Depends, Gunthar. Are you thinking 'pants' in the American colloquial,
> or the British? ;-)
>
> 'Lai- er, uh... Phlip! Yeah, that's the ticket!
> ------
>
> Huh?
>
> Stefan
> (Sigh. I already have to decode the Aussies on the Lochac list... Next 
> you know we'll be talking about putting beets on hamburgers or some 
> such...
>
Stefan, the word 'pants' in the States usually means jeans or slacks. In 
the UK it refers to underpants.

Hence the amusement. ;-)

'Lainie


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