• Hawke@lemmy.world
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    13 days ago

    just when you think “Pants” is just “Pantsu” you actually just said “underwear” in Japanese.

    To be fair, that’s also the case in English.

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      13 days ago

      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.

      • farmgineer@nord.pub
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        13 days ago

        Pants in British English (and probably more) more often carries the meaning of underpants.

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        13 days ago

        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!