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deird1

random silly poll

Aug 20, 2010 10:50

Poll terminology

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keyword-109, keyword-6

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rebcake August 20 2010, 00:53:09 UTC

The second one is American, whilst the third one is, um, Commonwealthian, I'd guess.

menomegirl August 20 2010, 00:59:02 UTC

Think it depends on which part of the world you're from.

IMO, it's 'panties in a bunch'. I just used that at Whendonesque yesterday LOL.

But I've heard my UK friends say 'knickers in a twist'.

deird1 August 20 2010, 01:06:50 UTC

Definitely dependent on location.

The discussion I saw happened in exactly the order given on the poll - and, as far as I could tell, the first option ("undies") was from an upper-class English woman. The second ("panties") was an American who protested that the first just sounded weird. Then came... someone from somewhere... with "isn't it knickers?" followed by a guy who said the first three were all far too feminine...

menomegirl August 20 2010, 01:10:42 UTC

LOL!

iosef August 20 2010, 07:25:12 UTC

?? but knickers is unisex. Is anything, slightly masculine, since Knickbockers are only worn by (young) boys.

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me_llamo_nic August 20 2010, 01:05:56 UTC

I've heard both "panties in a bunch" and "knickers in a twist" but I prefer the latter just because it seems like such a delightfully British phrase to me with my American sensibilities.

eowyn_315 August 20 2010, 01:14:57 UTC

This, lol.

willowy_dawn August 20 2010, 01:10:43 UTC

"Loo, shag, brolly, oh God, *I'M* English."

"Welcome to the Nancy Tribe."

ext_227916 August 20 2010, 01:33:12 UTC

I've always hated the word "panties". It sounds far too cutesy and psuedo-sexy, and in my head, it suggests too-young girls in sexual contexts, and makes me very uncomfortable.
I mean, older women don't wear "panties".
If they do, they're trying to be younger than they are.
"Panties" used in erotic fiction sounds cheap and grates.

< /taking it too seriously >

deird1 August 20 2010, 01:38:49 UTC

Agreed. (And, annoying, were I to write erotic fiction, it would probably involve American women - and therefore use the word "panties". *sighs*)

They're either "knickers" or "undies".

jl_in_the_lane August 20 2010, 12:51:14 UTC

Actually, the first time I really came across the word was reading thye scripts from the tv series of Monty Python's Flying Circus, where it got used frequently.