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Why do coonasses refer to shorts as "short pants" ?
Posted on 12/14/16 at 11:43 am
Posted on 12/14/16 at 11:43 am
I must have the answer to this.
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Posted on 12/14/16 at 11:45 am to S
Put on some long pants you look like a girl
Posted on 12/14/16 at 11:45 am to S
Because they're coonasses
This post was edited on 12/14/16 at 11:49 am
Posted on 12/14/16 at 11:46 am to S
Same reason they refer to underwear as draws. They're coonasses.
Posted on 12/14/16 at 11:53 am to S
quote:
Why do coonasses refer to shorts as "short pants" ?
Well, they are aren't they?
Posted on 12/14/16 at 11:53 am to S
Because they aren't long pants
Posted on 12/14/16 at 11:54 am to S
I suspect it has something to do with the translation of English to French. There are numerous examples of such unique terms in the language.
Ever here a Cajun call a garden hose a "hose pipe"?
The expression "making groceries" (from French use of word "market") for shopping for food? And when they get home they "save" it (in a cabinet called a "safe").
Ponder these while sitting on the banquette by the neutral ground while eating beignets...
Ever here a Cajun call a garden hose a "hose pipe"?
The expression "making groceries" (from French use of word "market") for shopping for food? And when they get home they "save" it (in a cabinet called a "safe").
Ponder these while sitting on the banquette by the neutral ground while eating beignets...
This post was edited on 12/14/16 at 11:56 am
Posted on 12/14/16 at 11:54 am to S
why are pants called long pants?
Posted on 12/14/16 at 11:54 am to S
quote:I'll wet your arse with my hose pipe.
I must have the answer to this.
Posted on 12/14/16 at 11:55 am to S
What's the definition of pants?
Posted on 12/14/16 at 11:56 am to S
We also refer to toast as "toast bread".
It just is what it is.
It just is what it is.
Posted on 12/14/16 at 12:00 pm to S
You been watching those funny youtube cartoons too? 
Posted on 12/14/16 at 12:03 pm to S
b/c momma cut our pants once they got too short, and turned them into short pants. Momma ain't wasting a perfectly good pair of pants simply b/c the boy grew 3 inches over the summer but his waist is the same size.
Posted on 12/14/16 at 12:21 pm to S
I've always said britches.
Posted on 12/14/16 at 12:22 pm to S
'Cause dere shawter dan dem long pants baw.
Posted on 12/14/16 at 12:27 pm to S
"short pants" is the original term for shorts in regular English usage. It was just shortened over the years, and I guess the new version never caught on in La.
Posted on 12/14/16 at 12:42 pm to S
Shorts= short sleeve pants
Pants= long sleeve pants
Pants= long sleeve pants
Posted on 12/14/16 at 12:49 pm to S
To make dumbasses ask stupid questions.
Posted on 12/14/16 at 1:09 pm to S
its simple actually. back in the day no man on the bayou wore shorts. ever. it could be 110 degrees outside and they were wearing long pants. i guess when shorts made their introduction, probably in the 60's, the elders didnt grasp the concept.
my grandfather (from boudreaux canal) never wore a pair of 'shorts' in his life. not kidding.
my grandfather (from boudreaux canal) never wore a pair of 'shorts' in his life. not kidding.
Posted on 12/14/16 at 1:11 pm to S
shite I don't know how come they say that. All I know is when me and old paw paw went to town we always made a pass by Nonc MaMan to talk at him and Ta-Taunt. My old pawpaw he always made fun of Ta-Taunt because she had her draws hanging on the clothes line. One time he gave me a dollar to go wet down all of Ta-Taunts draws with the hose pipe and save them in the deep freeze on top the ice box to make them stiff.
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