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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 jimbeam
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 11:58 am to MetryMike
quote:I suspect you're almost right, but it is the other way around. My grandmother used to have some strange ways to say things, and I realized years later it's because when she was speaking to me, she was translating literally from her native French to English and not idiomatically.
I suspect it has something to do with the translation of English to French.
This post was edited on 12/14/16 at 11:59 am
Posted on 12/14/16 at 11:59 am to bengalbait
quote:
Same reason they refer to underwear as draws.
Draws is not the correct term?
Posted on 12/14/16 at 12:00 pm to skinny domino
beh bruh dat sounds couillion
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 12:00 pm to TigerstuckinMS
Isn't the French word pantaloon?
Posted on 12/14/16 at 12:01 pm to fr33manator
quote:
What's the definition of pants?
Jeffie can tell ya
Posted on 12/14/16 at 12:02 pm to Y.A. Tittle
quote:been listenin 2 dat acid bat?
You been watching those funny youtube cartoons too?
Posted on 12/14/16 at 12:02 pm to Y.A. Tittle
i've watched a couple
the T-man one had me rolling
but i've been hearing people say short pants for years and i always thought it was hilarious.
the T-man one had me rolling
but i've been hearing people say short pants for years and i always thought it was hilarious.
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